Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Da Silva: What is happening in Gaza is not a war, it is a genocide
Da Silva: Even the Jewish people do not want this war; it is revenge by a government against the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state
Brazilian President Lula da Silva: What we are seeing is not a war between two armies. [What we have is a] completely professional army that is killing women and children in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas: We affirm our readiness to immediately begin a round of indirect negotiations to reach an agreement on the points of contention
Hamas: We welcome the continued Qatari and Egyptian efforts to end the war waged by the Zionist occupation against our people
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli occupation forces blew up Noura Al-Kaabi Hospital, designated for kidney dialysis patients, in the northern Gaza Strip
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli drone targets a car on the Ayta al-Shaab-Debel road in southern Lebanon
Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson Yahya Saree: The remaining airlines that have not yet complied with the ban are urged to take this into serious consideration to ensure the safety of their aircraft and passengers
Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson Yahya Saree: The YAF, after successfully imposing a partial ban on air traffic at Lydd Airport, are now working to impose a full ban on air traffic at the aforementioned airport in the coming period
Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesperson Yahya Saree: YAF's UAV Unit carried out three military operations targeting three vital Israeli sites in the occupied Palestinian areas of Yafa, Isdud, and Umm al-Rashrash, using three drones

Ennahda's Ghannouchi in court over 'money-laundering' charges

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 11 Nov 2022 08:05
4 Min Read

Head of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, appears in court over charges of "money laundering" and "incitement to violence."

  • x
  • Tunisia's Ghannouchi in court over charges
    Head of Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi (AFP)

The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared in court on Thursday over money laundering and "incitement to violence" charges. 

The Speaker, Rached Ghannouchi, also head of the Ennahdha party that dominated Tunisian politics for a decade until President Kais Saied took power in mid-2021, was previously questioned in July.

Other Ennahdha members also face prosecution over suspicious transactions involving Instalingo, a digital content production firm.

The company has been under investigation over accusations of "plotting against state security" and inciting violence since last year. 

The investigating judge released Ghannouchi after a 14-hour hearing, his lawyer Sami Triki said, adding that Ghannouchi will still be prosecuted in this case, but that no date for the next hearing has been set yet.

Read next: Ghannouchi appears before judge over money laundering charges

Ghannouchi arrived earlier in the day at court, in the coastal city of Sousse, where he revealed to journalists that the case was an "empty file" and questioned its authenticity by accusing it of being an "invented problem".

"This is trumped-up and aimed at distracting the Tunisian people from the real problems we're facing," he said.

He criticized Saied's July 2021 power grab, during which the President sacked the Ennahdha-supported government, seized full executive authority, dissolved the parliament, according to Ghannouchi, and pushed through a constitution giving his own office almost unlimited powers.

Ennahdha denies all the charges against its members.

Read next: Tunisia's Ennahda calls for boycotting vote on new constitution

Related News

Tunisia sees rival protests as political crisis, crackdown deepen

Tunisia's Saied rejects int'l criticism over opposition mass trial

Two days ago, Ghannouchi, confirmed his readiness to tender his resignation from his speakership if the resolution of the political crisis was linked to his resignation, calling on President Saied to return to the constitution and postpone his plans.

Ghannouchi, in an interview for Assabah Daily, said if the solution lay with his resignation then he would not think twice about doing so and would resign from his speakership. 

He considered that Tunisia lies before a fork in the road, whereby the President must either back down from his measures, or the crisis will continue, only to be resolved by early elections. He also stressed that he believes that the people of Tunisia will not back down from its democratic gains and that this is something everyone must realize.

The Speaker added that he has spoken with President Saied on more than one occasion so that he would sign off on the electoral law which had before been agreed upon with the late President Beji Caid Essebsi, but Saied did not do so, as he, according to Ghannouchi, wishes to implement his political project which has shown to be out of line with the constitution and the current electoral law.

Ghannouchi, deputy called for questioning

Tunisian Ennahda movement confirmed on September 18 that the movement's head, Rached Ghannouchi, and his deputy, Ali Larayedh, have been called for questioning by police for sending militants to Syria.

In a statement, the movement warned of the danger of the decision pursued by the coup authority and its attempts to target the opposition, indicating that the current events are part of an effort to distract the public from its economic and social concerns and deteriorating living conditions.

Ennahda stressed that what is happening will not deter the movement from defending the legitimate rights of Tunisians and supporting their legal movements, adding that it will provide the national public opinion with more information on this issue.

Read next: Tunisia: Two former MPs arrested over 'recruiting terrorists to Syria'

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Tunisia cited political sources as saying that the police had summoned Ghannouchi and Larayedh for questioning.

Our correspondent also reported that Tunisian security arrested the former leader of the Ennahda movement Habib El-Louz to investigate a case related to sending Tunisians to fight in Syria.

"A special squad has arrested Tunisian Ennahda movement Habib El-Louz in the city of Sfax in the country's center, as part of ongoing investigations into a case related to recruiting Tunisians and sending them to fight in Syria," as per local security and media sources.

It is worth noting that El-Louz is accused of being one of the most prominent instigators of the fighting in Syria after the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime.

  • Kais Saied
  • Tunisia
  • Ennahda Movement
  • Rached Ghannouchi

Most Read

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington (AP)

Rift widens: Trump, Netanyahu clash in heated phone call over Iran

  • Politics
  • 26 May 2025
US judges quietly consider private security amid Trump tensions

US judges quietly consider private security amid Trump pressures

  • US & Canada
  • 25 May 2025
An Israeli army vehicle moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 29, 2025 (AP)

Hamas rejects Witkoff ceasefire plan, says alters terms

  • Politics
  • 29 May 2025
Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announces a new operation against Ben Gurion Airport on May 29, 2025 (Yemeni Military Media)

Yemen announces successful hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion

  • Politics
  • 30 May 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
MIT bans class president who gave pro-Palestine speech
US & Canada

MIT bans class president over pro-Palestine speech

Arab ministers condemn Israel 'ban' on planned West Bank visit
Politics

Arab ministers condemn Israeli ban on planned West Bank visit

Major General Hu Gangfeng, Vice President, National Defense University, People's Liberation Army, China, leaves after a panel discussion during the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Politics

China blasts Hegseth, calls US top 'troublemaker' in Asia-Pacific

US activists demand shutdown of Musk's 'dirty' supercomputer: Reports
Technology

US activists demand shutdown of Musk's 'dirty' supercomputer: NBC News

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS