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Tunisian MP: Brotherhood Communicates with Jailed Terrorists


Tue 16 Jun 2020 | 10:01 AM
Yassmine Elsayed

Tunisian parliamentarian Abeer Moussa asked the parliament to vote on a draft regulation to designate the Brotherhood in the country, and its arm, Al-Nahda, as a "terrorist organization".

In latest statement, Moussa noted that information was received indicating the Al-Nahda movement is communicating with jailed terrorists, using its influence on the Ministry of Justice.

Moussa, head of the Free Constitutional Party in Tunisia, explained that "the deputies of the Al-Nahda (Brotherhood) movement move between prisons to communicate with terrorists.

"My party has information about Brotherhood members communicating with terrorists in Tunisian prisons, the group has pledged to improve the conditions of their detention," she explained.

The Brotherhood faces popular and political pressure in Tunisia, especially with the recent disclosure of threats to Tunisian officials, including Moussa, to assassinate them.

Moussa called on the Tunisian Ministry of Justice to investigate "the activities of representatives from Al-Nahda  Movement and their relations with terrorists," and renewed the demand to withdraw "confidence from the leader of the  Movement", Speaker of Parliament Rashid Ghannouchi.

Last week, the Tunisian parliament held a session over suspicious role played by Parliament Speaker Rashid Ghannouchi in Libya, and on Tunisian diplomacy, where representatives called for withdrawing confidence from him.

The movement’s leader, Ghannouchi, after frequent contacts with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his congratulations to the Fayez Al-Sarraj government and its militias, for controlling parts of Libyan soil, has become a provocation for all the major political forces in the country.

Moussa stressed that "the Tunisians are in a difficult situation because of the government policy," and pointed out that there is "corruption that strikes the Ministry of Justice, which is controlled by the Brotherhood.

Moussa called on the Tunisian Ministry of Justice to "conduct transparent investigations into the activities of Al-Nahda, and urged Tunisians to "confront Al-Nahda with courage."

Days ago, authorities in Tunisia closed the Bardo square leading to the parliament, to prevent a “licensed” sit-in, called by national parties, to demand the dissolution of the parliament, the amendment of the constitution, and holding an early elections.

Many parties participate in this sit-in, such as the “June 14 Movement”, the Tunisian Youth Movement and the National Salvation Front, along with the Bardo Movement 2.