A former member of parliament for the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party has complained that the authorities have prevented her from boarding a flight to Brussels, although the reasons for the decision have not yet emerged.
«I have been banned from traveling and asked to appear before a Tunisian court of first instance,» said former parliamentarian Rabeb ben Lataief in a brief message on her account on the social network Facebook, where she added the ‘hashtag’ #AbajoconelGolpe.
Ennahda, the dominant force in the Parliament suspended in July 2021 by the president, Kais Saied, has been very critical of the president for the exceptional measures announced since that date, when he arrogated to himself all the powers by dissolving also the government.
Since then, several senior party officials have been arrested or questioned in various cases for corruption and even for sending jihadists to Syria. These include party leader Rachid Ghanuchi and the party’s vice-president and former prime minister Ali Laarayed.
The country held on December 17 a legislative elections marked by a historically low turnout – below nine percent – following the boycott by the opposition, which also called for non-participation in the constitutional referendum of July, which gives more powers to the Presidency and takes influence away from the Parliament.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
