The Tunisian Ennahda movement said today, Thursday, that the country's Court of Accounts had acquitted it of receiving external funding during the parliamentary elections that took place in 2019.
This came in statements made by Ennahda leader, member of its executive office, Sami Al-Tariqi, to Anadolu Agency.
Al-Tariqi said that the Court of Accounts has examined the accusation of receiving foreign funding by members of the "Tunisia 1" (Ennahda List) for the 2019 legislative elections, and confirmed that the circuit decided not to hear the case (acquitting the accused).
Al-Tariqi considered that the accusations against the movement are all intentional, and the aim is to drop this list.
He added, "No crime has been proven against us, and they are all political attempts to distort the movement, but the latter is able to defend the interests of its people and its elected officials," he said.
On March 11, the Tunisian judiciary announced that the Ennahda movement had been referred for investigation into the case known in the media as "lobbing" (exerting pressure).
And the “Loubing” case relates to suspicions that parties in the country received foreign funding to support their propaganda campaigns in the 2019 elections, and the judiciary began investigating it last July against parties that included the “Ennahda” party (53 deputies out of 217), and “Heart of Tunisia” ( 28 deputies), and the Aish Tounsi Association (one deputy).
These developments coincide with the intensification of the political crisis that followed President Kais Saied's announcement of exceptional measures, including freezing and later dissolving Parliament, and the dismissal of the elected government.
Saeed recently put forward a roadmap that includes an electronic national consultation, a popular referendum, and parliamentary elections.
The opposition rejects these measures, and demands a direct national dialogue and a participatory path to consensus on reforms.