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Beji Caid
Essebsi has urged all Tunisians to "work together" for stability
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Veteran
politician Beji Caid Essebsi has been confirmed as winner of Tunisia's first
free presidential poll.
BBC reports Essebsi
secured 55.68% of the vote in Sunday's run-off, defeating caretaker president
Moncef Marzouki (44.32%), the head of the electoral commission said.
Mr
Marzouki, a 67-year-old former exile, earlier refused to admit defeat.
Mr
Essebsi, 88, has urged all Tunisians to "work together" for stability
but critics say his win marks the return of a discredited establishment.
They
point out that he served under President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali, who was
ousted in 2011 after the Arab Spring revolution triggered uprisings across the
region.
Mr
Essebsi was also in the cabinet of Tunisia's first post-independence leader,
Habib Bourguiba.
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