The Tunisian People Deserve Better
Olfa Hamdi
STATEMENT: The Tunisian People Deserve Better and I Announce My Candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia.
Tunisia, 11.11.2023
After four years of practicing poor governance and divisive fear-based politics, the strategic choices of President Kais Saied have severely hurt the state of Tunisia's Union. They now constitute a serious sovereign risk to Tunisia's national security and to the socio-economic well-being of the Tunisian People.
In 2011, the Tunisian people proved themselves to be free people who, by rising up for their rights, rejected autocracy in all its forms and established their inherent right to choice.
It is in accord with this freedom of choice that I am accepting the nomination of the National Council of the Third Republic Party to run in the upcoming presidential election of Tunisia.
Today, I begin my candidacy for the presidential election of 2024. I will present the Tunisian People with an alternative political vision aiming to secure an economic future for their families and to address their need for Hope, Safety, Prosperity, and Unity.
Starting today, and as a presidential candidate, I am also beginning a national dialogue open to all Tunisians as well as with Tunisians abroad. This dialogue aims to build a broad coalition ensuring a successful peaceful political transformation in the framework of the upcoming presidential election.
Through this statement, I humbly ask the Tunisian people to support me in conducting this dialogue, running this campaign, and ultimately, in achieving this vision of all of us uniting to bring our country into the 21st century.
May Allah help me and May He bless our country.
Olfa Hamdi
