The head of Tunisia's electoral commission says the runoff
for the presidential election will be held on Dec. 21.
Chafik Sarsar told local Shems FM radio that a court had
dismissed challenges to the previous round as minor and wouldn't have affected
the final results.
The runoff pits 88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi, a minister
and parliamentary speaker under previous presidents, against outgoing interim
president Moncef Marzouki ? a veteran rights activist.
Essebsi's party, Nida Tunis, won the most seats in October's
legislative election and he received the most votes, 39 percent, in the Nov. 23
first round of presidential elections.
Islamists won elections in 2011 after the Arab Spring
revolution, but were unable to bring the prosperity and stability people
demanded. They came in second in legislative elections.
AP
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