Tunisia is delayed its first elections since the ouster of the country's president until October because the conditions aren't right to hold a vote, the prime minister announced Wednesday. The elections had earlier been planned for July 24, but Tunisia's electoral commission proposed last month they be postponed, saying much more needed to be done to organize the vote, including updating voter registration rolls. The interim Cabinet met briefly Wednesday, and Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi announced elections would be held on October 23, according to a report of the Associated Press. In a report issued May 26, however, the electoral commission pointed to «numerous shortcomings and deficiencies» in the organization of the election. It noted in particular that about 3 million Tunisians aren't included on the electoral database and hundreds of thousands others don't have any, or valid, identity cards. The elections are for a constituent assembly meant to write a new constitution that could pave the way for legislative and presidential elections, according to a report of the Associated Press.
