Ennahda Admits Responsibility for Deteriorating Situation in Tunisia

The Tunisian Ennahda movement acknowledged its responsibility for the country's dire circumstances that the country goes through now.

The leadership of the movement also accused its partners in the government of some mistakes that led to the current impasse in political life in Tunisia.

The movement announced after the recent meeting of its Politburo that it understands the reasons for the anger of the Tunisian street.

It stressed that it is ready for a serious and objective evaluation and deep revisions during its next conference in order to achieve renewal in the vision and programs and open horizons for young people to develop the movement.

The movement issued a statement assured that Rashid Ghannouchi, head of the movement, supervised the last meeting of the executive office that runs the daily affairs of the movement before announcing the formation of the new office soon.

The statement added that the meeting witnessed deliberations on national affairs and follow-up on the latest developments in the country.

It is worth noting that on July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze the House of Representatives (parliament), which was controlled by the Ennahda movement, in addition to dismissing Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi, in light of a political crisis that reached a dead end.

Saied stressed that his decisions were in line with the country's constitution in light of the dangers the state is exposed to and after the deterioration of the political, economic, and health conditions.

On the other hand, Tunisian MP Bishr Chebbi filed a lawsuit against President Kais Saied before the Public Prosecutor, accusing him of overthrowing the constitution and setting himself up in the place of the legitimate constitutional bodies.

The lawsuit, which was submitted by the Ennahda party’s deputy, talks about “the assault intended to change the state authority in accordance with article 72 of the penal code, to install himself instead of the governing bodies, and to exploit his capacity to extract an unreasonable benefit for himself or others, and to harm the administration.”