The presidential campaign season in Tunisia is officially underway a day after protesters took their anger to the streets of their capital.

In Tunisia, the presidential election campaign kicked off on Saturday, ahead of the vote scheduled for 6 October. Only three candidates are in the running for the presidency. Meanwhile, some activists have begun protesting,

Protests at the weekend capped off a week in which the North African country’s largest opposition party, Ennahda, said its senior members had been arrested at a scale not previously seen.

Tunisians attend a protest denouncing the policies of the President of Tunis in front of the Interior Ministry in Tunis on September 13, 2024, ahead of the upcoming Presidential Elections.

The official start of Tunisia’s presidential campaign season was marked by significant unrest in the capital on Saturday, following a major protest the previous day.

This protest comes as Saied’s opponents claim his actions since assuming power represent an authoritarian takeover

Thousands of Tunisians marched in the streets on Friday to protest against President Kais Saied, whom they accuse of trying to rig the Oct. 6 presidential election by detaining and intimidating his rivals.

The electoral campaign for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for October 6, officially began on Tunisian soil, two days after it began abroad.