Exposing Brotherhood’s dirt in Tunisia

Events in Tunisia continue to reveal the secrets of the Muslim Brotherhood during their rule, including crimes, corruption, espionage and employment. 

Nine years after the assassination of Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi, their case continues with new evidence of the Muslim Brotherhood’s involvement in the crime, led by Ennahda leader Rashid Ghannouchi.

During a press conference on Wednesday, 9 February, the Belaid Defense Commission revealed that some names were involved in the assassination file and its cover-up.

The Tribunal explained that a criminal complaint had been filed with the Permanent Military Court of Tunisia against Rashid Ghanouchi, Judge Al-Bashir Al-Akrami and certain security leaders, against the backdrop of crimes of espionage, self- imposition of a foreign country and money-laundering crimes.

member of the Defense team for the two martyrs, Belaid and Brahmi, Nasser Al-Aouini, said that the Administrative Court’s decision to cancel the decision of Bashir Al-Akrami’s suspension from work, was an evidence of the involvement of the Supreme Judicial Council in covering him up, and attempts to cover up and obscure the facts, indicating that it wouldn’t be unreasonable for the best Tunisian judges to issue, procedurally and legally wrong decision, allowing the Administrative Court to appeal against it.

In addition, hundreds of Tunisians protested Thursday in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council in the capital, denouncing its cover-up of the assassination cases and supporting the decision to dissolve it, and to demand an investigation with Brotherhood leader Rashid Ghannouchi, placing him under house arrest, and holding the Ennahda movement and its leaders to be held responsible for terrorist operations.

The participants in the vigil raised slogans such as “ Ghannouchi, a butcher, killer of souls,” “Opening the file of political assassinations is a duty,” and “Accounting the judges of terrorism is a duty,” and others.

Although Ghannouchi claims to have pivoted away from Islamism toward a more pluralistic vision for his party, Ghannouchi has previously had ties to Islamist and violent extremist groups, both in Tunisia and around the world.