FILE - A woman holds up a banner during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
FILE - President of the Islamist party Ennahda and candidate for the Parliamentary election Rached Ghannouchi votes in a polling station south of Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6, 2024. The main opposition coalition that includes the once-powerful Ennahdha Islamic party, said it won’t take part in the vote unless Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
FILE - Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied stage a demonstration on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in support of the president's measures and against foreign interference, in the capital Tunis, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. Its increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied has yet to announce if he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years of leading Tunisia, once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. (AP Photo/Anis Mili, File)
FILE - Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, Dec. 17, 2022. As elections approach in Tunisia, potential presidential candidates are facing arrests as authorities clamp down on those planning to participate. Since President Kais Saied took power in 2019, critics and opponents have been arrested, detained and convicted of political charges stemming from criticism of the government.(AP Photo/Slim Abid, File)