Today, Tuesday, in Tunis, the hearing of the head of the Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, began at the headquarters of the Judicial Pole of Terrorism, as part of what is known as the "Namaa Tounes" case.
In a speech to the investigation office published by the movement in a statement, Ghannouchi said that he appears before the Tunisian judiciary out of respect for him and in support of the existence of an independent judicial authority.
And he expressed his rejection of "all efforts to pressure the judiciary and punish judges by dismissing or distorting them, which is what is happening with the president today."
He stressed that "there are parties stalking him, working to distort him and fabricating charges against him since the July 25 coup, and trying to target the Ennahda movement and its symbols by linking it to terrorism and conspiracy against the country, and transforming it from a political situation that deals with it with democracy into a security and judicial file," as he put it. .
Ghannouchi explained that the charges against him "fall within the context of passing a draft constitution that enshrines coup, tyranny and absolute individual rule, striking the republic's values and gains, and further plunging the country into a comprehensive and deep crisis and isolation in the world."
The Public Prosecution accuses the Nama Association of laundering money, illegally receiving sums of money from abroad, and working for the Ennahda movement.
On the other hand, the "Namaa" association denies the relationship of Ghannouchi and former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali with it, considering that their names are included in the case as an attempt by the ruling authority to politicize it.
The investigative judge in charge of the "Namaa" case had issued a decision to freeze the funds of a number of defendants in the case, including Ghannouchi and some members of his family and Jebali.
A number of Ennahda supporters, leaders and political activists organized a protest in front of the investigation office at the Anti-Terrorism Judicial Pole, in conjunction with Ghannouchi's hearing.