TUNIS: Tunisia’s judiciary has rejected a list of candidates chosen to form a body tasked with organising elections, a court said yesterday, in the latest setback for the country’s political roadmap.
The administrative court’s decision follows last week’s failure by the ruling Islamists and opposition to agree on an independent caretaker prime minister as part of a process to end months of deadlock and prepare for new elections. “The court decided to cancel the work of the organ in charge of reviewing candidates” for the Higher Independent Elections Commission (ISIE), court spokesman Habib Latrech told Shems-FM radio station. He said 36 candidates chosen by the parliamentary commission did not meet the legal criteria.
Lieberman sworn in as Israeli FM
JERUSALEM: Right-wing firebrand Avigdor Lieberman took his oath of office in front of the Israeli parliament yesterday, returning as foreign minister after he quit to fight corruption charges.The 120-member house confirmed by a vote of 62 to 17 his reappointment, almost a year after he resigned to fight the corruption charges which he was cleared of last week. Agencies
