The leader of the movement “Citizens against the Coup d’état” is one of the most virulent criticism of President Kaïs Saïed, who arranged full powers in 2021.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
Tunisian police arrested the opponent Jawhar Ben Mbarek, one of the most virulent criticism of President Kaïs Saïed, last arrest to date since the thread launched in the political circles in early February, said his family on Friday 24 FEBRUARY. Mr. Ben Mbarek, 55, “was arrested late at night and we have not yet had access to the arrest file,” his sister told AFP, lawyer Dalila Msaddek. The police had retained Thursday for a few hours the father of Mr. Ben Mbarek, Ezzeddine Hezgui, also opposing.
Leader of the movement “Citizens against the Coup d’état”, Mr. Ben Mbarek is also one of the main leaders of the National Front of Salvation (FSN), the main coalition of the opposition, which was born After Mr. Saïed arranged full powers in Tunisia, having the young democracy from the first “Arab Spring” revolt in 2011. Figure of the Tunisian left, Mr. Ben Mbarek is a specialist in constitutional law and Former advisor to the presidency of the government.
About twenty personalities in political, media and business circles have been arrested in Tunisia since early February, a campaign qualified by Amnesty International as “witch hunt motivated by political considerations”. Mr. Saïed qualified the arrested “terrorists” and affirmed that they were involved in a “conspiracy against state security”.