Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : It retains price controls and subsidies for flour, electricity and fuel.
54% : That's even though reducing government spending on subsidies is one reform that the IMF has demanded in exchange for a $1.9 billion loan.
50% : The party is part of the National Salvation Front coalition that is boycotting along with others including Tunisia's Workers' Party and the Free Destourian Party, whose leader Abir Moussi was imprisoned Oct. 3 for allegedly undermining state security.
48% : He has since imprisoned dozens of critics from business and political spheres, including Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the political party Ennahda that ascended to power after last decade's revolution.

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