With Ghannouchi and his companions striking, a Tunisian doubts the integrity of the upcoming elections. Ennahdha movement spokesman Imad Khemiri believes that the common denominator between the various imprisoned political leaders is their opposition to the July 25 path imposed by Tunisian President Kais Saied.
He believes that targeting opponents “cannot prolong the life of an oppressive regime, no matter how powerful it is,” and pointed to “the return of the current authority to the square of tyranny and the destruction of freedoms”