The defense team denies the charge of "foreign financing" in the Ghannouchi case. The issue of prosecuting political parties due to foreign funding relates to suspicions that entities in the country have received foreign funding to support their propaganda campaigns in the 2019 elections.
The judiciary began investigating the case in July 2021 against parties that included the Ennahda Movement, the ‘Qalb Tounes’ party, and the “Aish Tounis’ Association (non-governmental)