(Reuters) -
Tunisians began voting on Sunday in a presidential run-off election that
completes the country's last steps to full democracy nearly fours years
after an uprising that toppled autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. With a new progressive
constitution and a full parliament elected in October, Tunisia is hailed
as an example of democratic change for a region still struggling with
the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring revolts. Sunday's
ballot has emerged as a race between a former Ben Ali official
recasting himself as a technocrat statesman and the incumbent who claims
to defend the legacy of the 2011 revolution that forced Ben Ali into
exile.
Tunisians vote in historic presidential run-off
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