Tunisian opponents warn of unfair competition in the presidential elections. Former presidential candidate and Secretary-General of the Republican People’s Union Party, Lotfi Al-Maraihi, appeared before the National Guard's Anti-Information Technology Crimes Squad for investigation.
At the beginning of last January, the Court of First Instance issued a ruling to imprison Al- Maraihi for 6 months and postpone corporal punishment on the grounds that he was accused of insulting the president, under the penalty of Decree 54 regarding combating crimes related to information and communication systems.