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| Tunisia's Karoui remains presidential candidate despite arrest |
| 2019-08-25 |
| [Al Jazeera] Nabil Karoui, the Tunisian media mogul arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, remains in the race for next month's presidential election despite his detention, an electoral official has said. "As long as there are no changes in his legal status and no final verdict, Nabil Karoui remains a presidential candidate," Nabil Baffoun, the head of the electoral commission, told news hounds on Saturday. Tunisian police arrested Karoui on Friday in a move his party, Qalb Tounes, called a politically-motivated attempt to exclude him from the September 15 election race. A government official quoted by Rooters news agency rejected that accusation, saying the arrest was "a judicial matter that has nothing to do with the government". Karoui, 56, owner of the Nesma TV channel, is one of the frontrunners contesting the presidential election following the death last month of 92-year-old President Beji Caid Essebsi - the first head of state to be democratically elected in Tunisia following the popular uprising of 2011. Related: Nabil Karoui: 2019-08-09 Tunisia PM Chahed announces run for president Nabil Karoui: 2011-10-16 Tunisia's Islamist Party Condemns Attack on Chief Nabil Karoui: 2011-10-15 Tunisians protest 'blasphemous' film |
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