The first estimates point to more than 92 percent approval of the Tunisian constitutional referendum

MADRID, 25 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The first estimates of the vote according to polls at the exit of the electoral colleges point to a 'Yes' victory of more than 92 percent in the Tunisian constitutional referendum.

On the contrary, the votes against the proposal of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, would reach 7.7 percent, according to the director of the Sigma Konsai Foundation demographic company, Hassan al Zarkuni, points out the Mosaique FM station.

Likewise, in the absence of knowing the latest turnout results, the Tunisian authorities have pointed out that at 7:00 p.m. (local time), when there were still three hours left before the polls closed, the turnout was 21.85 percent.

However, the Tunisian news portal Business News has anticipated that the final participation could range between 24 and 25 percent. Meanwhile, abroad, participation in France rises to 4.8 percent; in Germany up to 4.7 percent and in Italy it would be 3.4 percent, according to the electoral authorities.

The president of the Higher Independent Authority for Elections, Faruk Buasker, has denied any type of irregularity in the electoral roll abroad and has accused the denouncers of these alleged irregularities of wanting to "create a scandal and try to interrupt the process of vote".

Thus, in the absence of officiality of the results, which will probably be known as of Tuesday, President Saied's supporters have already begun to celebrate the victory on social networks, as the aforementioned news portal points out.

The draft of the Magna Carta brings together most of the powers around the Presidency and reduces the power of Parliament, suspended in July 2021 --and later dissolved--, the date on which Saied dissolved the Government and arrogated all the competencies.

If approved in a referendum, the document will replace the Magna Carta approved in 2014 following the overthrow in 2011 of the then president, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, within the framework of a massive wave of popular protests in what is known as 'Spring Arab'.