TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept 15 (NNN-TAP) – At least 70,000 security agents are deployed in different parts of the country, today, to ensure the smooth run of the early presidential election, the Interior Ministry announced.
“Members of the security apparatus will be responsible for ensuring the holding of the presidential elections in 24 provinces of the country,” said the ministry.
According to the statement, the security agents will be responsible for securing the voting and counting operations, guests, journalists, observers and also all the candidates in the running.
Civil protection units will also be in place for any intervention or emergency.
More than seven million registered voters in Tunisia are expected to go to the polls today (Sunday), to elect, for the second time since 2011, a president for the republic.– NNN-TAP