Tunisians are voting on a constitution seen as a referendum on President Kais Saied, whose charter will give his office nearly total powers
The referendum comes a year to the day after Kais Saied sacked the government and froze parliament in a dramatic power grab.
Few people were out when polls opened at 0500 GMT, but at Rue Marseilles polling station in downtown Tunis, Illyes Moujahed was first in line, saying Saied was the only hope.It is not clear when the results will be announced after polls close at 2100 GMT, but with little apparent enthusiasm for the vote among most Tunisians and a boycott by major parties, analysts expect a 'yes' vote with low turnout.
While nearly all major political parties and civil society organisations have denounced Saied's unilateral approach to rewriting the constitution and the legitimacy of the referendum, they have failed to build a united front.
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