The historic leader of the conservative Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, began a three-day hunger strike on Friday, September 29. Aged 82 and imprisoned since mid-April, the opponent intends to denounce the proceedings against him and against “ political prisoners (…) arrested by Kaïs Saïed », Explains his lawyer.
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Rached Ghannouchi, although behind bars, is mobilizing to protest against the prosecution he is facing in Tunisia. Prosecutions “ policies ” And ” without foundation ” to his eyes. The leader of Ennahdha also wants to show his support for another political opponent: Jawhar Ben Mbarek, member of the Tunisian left, executive of the National Salvation Front. This one, critic of the president Kaïs Saïedhas himself been detained since February and has been on a hunger strike for five days.
And it is to symbolically echo this approach that Rached Ghannouchi also stopped eating, Friday September 29, for a period of three days. One of his lawyers, Me Mounia Bouali, spoke on Amélie Tulet’s microphone: “ Mr. Rached Ghannouchi wants to make his voice heard and the voice of all political prisoners who are currently in Tunisian prisons after being arrested by Kaïs Saïed. This president has flouted the legitimate Constitution and the will of the Tunisian people who elected him according to the 2014 Constitution. »
“ Rached Ghannouchi and political leaders have only one solution: make their voice heard through a hunger strike. As a result, they put their health at risk at every moment. Especially Rached Ghannouchi, who is elderly. He is 82 years old and has multiple health problems », continues the lawyer.
Rached Ghannouchi was sentenced in May to one year in prison for advocating terrorism. He is also accused of having said that the country risked civil war if the opponents were “ eliminated “.