Tunisia's National Lawyers Association announced its refusal to "refer lawyers and civilians to the military judiciary," considering that this "contradicts" with the conditions of a fair trial.
The independent commission said in a statement that "issuing a prison order against a lawyer before taking his statement and defending him is a violation of the law, and it violates the presumption of innocence and the right of defense."
On Thursday, the investigative judge of the Permanent Military Court issued an order to imprison lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba, in connection with what was known as the airport incidents case.
And last March, Tunis-Carthage International Airport witnessed a quarrel between elements of airport security, lawyers and deputies in the "Dignity Coalition" (18 seats out of 217), after lawyers and representatives tried to defend a female passenger who was prevented from leaving the country for security reasons, according to the note "S17".
And note, "S17", a security marking that was used during the era of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to stigmatize all those suspected of having ties to terrorist organizations.
Subsequently, the Public Prosecution ordered the opening of an investigation into what happened at the airport.
The arrest warrants come as part of measures that included arrests, dismissals and exemptions initiated by President Qais Saeed since last July 25 by dismissing Prime Minister Hisham al-Mashishi, freezing the powers of Parliament for a period of 30 days, and lifting the immunity of deputies.
In its statement, the authority stressed that "lawyers are not above the law and are not below it," calling for "the need to protect citizens' rights and guarantees, and to ensure the integrity of legal procedures."
Said had confirmed, during a meeting last Thursday with the Dean of the Bar, Ibrahim Bouderbala, and representatives of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, that he was "committed to not violating human rights and respecting freedoms, and rejecting bargaining, blackmail, injustice and any violation of the law from whoever and whatever his position." .
Said said, according to a statement by the presidency, that "the law will confront the corrupt and anyone who tries to tamper with the state."