Tunisia’s caretaker President, Moncef Marzouki has refused to accept defeat in the country’s first free presidential election.
Although official results of the elections are due to be announced later on Monday, exit polls seem to suggest that Marzouki’s opponent, Beji Caid Essebsi had won.
Mr Marzouki is quoted by the BBC as saying the election was too early to call.
“The announcement of victory is undemocratic and we should wait if we want to be a state that respects the rule of law,” he told supporters.
“What I want to tell you is that we are victorious, we are victorious, we are victorious. Tunisia has won and you have won. You have won for Tunisia, for democracy and for human rights.”
But Mr Essebsi has been celebrating with his supporters following the results of the exit polls.
The election marks the last stage of Tunisia’s move to democracy, after the overthrow of President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali in 2011.
This is the first time Tunisians have been allowed to vote freely to elect a President since they attained independence from France in 1956.
By: citifmonline.com/Ghana