As the oldest member of the new parliament he automatically became its acting speaker with the departure of the outgoing one Mohamed Ennaceur who himself became acting president on the death of President Béji Caïd Essebsi on 25 July...
Also competing will be ex-president Moncef Marzouki – who is more popular abroad than at home – and some eye-catching populists if as expected the interim state president 85-year-old parliamentary Speaker and NT leader Mohammed Ennaceur follow's BCE's line by refusing to ratify controversial electoral law amendments which would ban media magnate Nabil Karoui and Parti Destourien Libre leader Abir Moussi from standing (AC Vol 60 No 13 Nobbling Nabil)...
President Mohamed Béji Caïd Essebsi is a spry 89-year-old and the National Assembly Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur from Essebsi's Nidaa Tounes party is a youthful 81...
