Arab democracy (1)

This is what the Maghreb Politics blog had to say about the elections in Tunesia:

Tunisia has entered a major political crisis, after the preliminary presidential election results were revealed. They confirm a trend of the president’s popularity dropping like a stone, and Tunisians now see the end of the Ben Ali era approaching fast. If voter approval keeps slipping at the same rate, he’ll be thrown out of office after the 2044 elections:

time for some serious soul-searching