Tunisia’s opposition criticized the Ennahdha party Ganouchi’s noisy To an additional 22 years in prison, saying that the charges were “a flagrant attack on the independence and transfer of the judiciary and its blatant politicization of its procedures and rulings.”

Enhdha issued a statement on Thursday, saying that the measures were marred by “countless violations” and that the case against Ganushi was not “more than just a political trial.”

He added that they were mentioning “a period of people sought to leave through their revolution,” referring to President Zain Al -Obaidin was expelled In the popular protests that sparked the Arab Spring 2011.

Ganushi was arrested in April 2023 To one year In prison for incitement. The 83 -year -old was a major competitor to President Kais Says.

It was last week He was sentenced to three years in prison In prison due to accusations that his party had received foreign contributions. Ennahdha, who rejected allegations, was fined $ 1.1 million.

On Wednesday, a 22 -year -old court sentenced him to “conspiracy against state security.”

Ahmed Galoul, Ganushi’s advisor and former Tunisian minister, told Al -Jazeera that the party expects harsh sanctions to be distributed in the coming months.

“Saial needs an advertising tool” at a time of the deep economic crisis, “said Galoul. “His speech is that he restores people’s wealth, and that he is strong, but this has nothing to do with justice.”

He said that her will continue to challenge procedures in international courts. Ganushi, who said Galloul is still in good moral state, although he was not obtaining sufficient medical care while he was in prison, refuses to appear before a judge in Tunisia to protest against the absence of an independent judicial authority.

Galoul said that the Sis government was supported by the countries that “security and stability” in Tunisia as a higher interest instead of democracy. “This did not succeed in the 1980s and nineties, and he will not work in this case,” he said.

Many opposition leaders handed over prison sentences

The court also issued rises on Wednesday for several other personalities from the Ennahdha Party, including former Prime Minister Hichem Mecichi, who has received 35 years.

Mecichi has lived abroad since 2021, a few months after his dismissal Saile and closed the elected parliament in a move that described the opposition As a “blow”.

A total of 41 people were charged in the case. Fergani, a member of the CEO of Ennahda, said detained In February 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

In a statement published in X, his family said that those that were subjected to him “are baseless, charges of calmness to silence critical voices”, which are part of “authoritarian campaign against democracy and human rights.”

Abi said that Fergani, the Tunisian deputy and the political prisoner, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for nearly two years of detention of illegal trial during the era of President Kais Cais’s authoritarian campaign against democracy and human rights.

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– Kaouther Ferjani (Thekaouther) February 5, 2025

The court also sentenced Lazar Longo, the former intelligence director, and the former spokesman for the former Ministry of Interior, to 15 years in prison.

Among the defendants were Ibn Ganushi, his articles, his daughter Sumaya and his son -in -law Ravenic Abdel Waseet, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tunisia from 2011 to 2013. They were sentenced to 35, 25 and 34 years in a row.

The court also issued a penalty for many journalists working for a digital content production company called Instalingo, which has been scrutinized since Saile coordinated it in 2021.

Lawyer Mokhazar Jumai told Reuters news agency that the court handed over the 27 -year prison sentence to journalist Thazrazad Akacha, who escaped from abroad, and a five -year prison sentence to another journalist, Chad Hijab Jabak, who was already imprisoned.

“These are unfair and political rulings aimed at eliminating political opponents,” Jimmy told news agency, adding that they will appeal the rulings.

Says, a former law professor, suspended the Tunisian Parliament in 2021 and Then he melts To judge the decree.

Tunisia held Legislative elections In late 2022, the voters’ turnout was low due to the interference of the opposition. Earlier that year, Sayal successfully pushed Constitutional referendum Which expanded the powers of the presidency.

Critics warned of the danger of returning the country to “tyranny”. The National Authority for Torture Prevention said on Wednesday that prison numbers “warn of danger”, as the number of prisoners increased to more than 32,000, compared to about 22,000 from 2018 to 2021.

Saied has repeatedly denied a coup and said that his actions were necessary to save Tunisia from years of chaos. But he struggled to revive the economy.

On Wednesday, Sail sacked the Minister of Finance and appointed a judge for this role. The presidency released the announcement in a Facebook post showing that Jackket Slama Khaldi was sworn by Saied.

Initially, the presidency did not give any details of the decision and did not mention the outgoing Finance Minister, which will be valued by Bogdiri Nimia.

KHALDI chaired a national committee charged with recovering the public funds that were embezzled before the 2011 rebellion against Ben Ali.