Tunis: 27 candidates running for presidency Twenty-seven candidates including officials who served under former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have signed up as candidates for Tunisia's November 23 presidential election, the organising body said Tuesday. No fewer than 70 people originally filed applications to the ISIE, which is organising the first presidential election since the January 2011 revolt forced Ben Ali to flee. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES