The publication by the US authorities of a copy of a contract showing that an agency specializing in arranging meetings with influential international political figures - the so-called "lobbies" - has generated considerable money for the services of Nabil Karoui, a candidate for the second presidential term in Tunisia. Anyone described as a former Israeli intelligence officer involved in the file.

Al-Qarawi's campaign rushed to deny these "rumors" and stressed that "there is no relationship" between the candidate and the parties to the contract referred to, said in a statement on Thursday, "There is no relationship - soon or far - between Mr. Nabil Karawi elected to the second round of the presidential elections Contract and its content. "

She added that "such fierce smear campaigns, which have been affecting him for years, crossed all the red lines and will not be silenced."

The US Department of Justice published a document dated September 26 showing the intervention of Ari Ben Menashe, who presented himself as a former Israeli intelligence officer and director of Canada's political consulting firm Dickens & Madison, to the villager.

Al Monitor's website on Wednesday published documents that sparked controversy and comments on social networking sites in Tunisia, showing that Ben Menashe pledged under the contract "to exert pressure in the United States, Russia and the United Nations, to win the presidency of the Republic of Tunisia."

"We will seek to arrange meetings with Donald Trump" and Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to "get material support for the presidency," Ben Menashe said in the document.

The contract, which was signed on August 19, lasts for $ 1 million for a year, of which the villager paid $ 250,000 on September 25, with the rest to be completed by mid-June.

The Supreme Electoral Commission has set the spending at 1.7 million dinars (about $ 630,000) for the first presidential term and one million dinars for the second round.

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"We will not now accept that the elections will become the biggest breakthrough in Tunisia's history, we will defend our national sovereignty by all means, and we call on all national bodies and forces to shoulder their responsibilities to block them and hold them accountable," Social Democratic Union candidate Essam Chebbi wrote on his Facebook page. ".

Karoui is a controversial businessman who managed to pass to the second presidential term by 15.6%, despite being arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, after he came second in the first round of presidential elections held last month.

On Tuesday , a Tunisian court ruled that the villager should remain in custody on charges of financial crimes he denies.

The villager was arrested in August on charges of tax evasion and money laundering dating back three years.