The Ennahdha movement announced that the investigating judge went to its headquarters in Tunis, as part of the investigation on the case called “lobbying” brought against it by politician and former minister, Mohamed Abbou.

In a statement issued Monday, the movement said it acts in compliance with the law in all activities it undertakes.

The investigating judge at the judicial, economic and financial division, in October 2019, took up the complaint filed by Abbou in which he accuses Ennahdha of having contracted with an American lobbying agency before the elections.

Last August, reports circulated that Ennahdha had once again contracted with an advertising agency, concomitant with the announcement of exceptional measures by President of the Republic, Kais Saied, on July 25.

Former spokesman for the Court of First Instance of Tunis 1, Mohsen Dali said on August 6 that the Prosecutor’s Office was collecting data on the lobbying contract between the Ennahdha movement and an international public relations firm.

He said the prosecutor’s office had initiated investigations to make a decision either by opening a new investigation or by joining this case with the ongoing case on lobbying contracts concluded before the 2019 legislative elections.

News sites have published documents on a lobbying contract concluded on July 29 by Ennahdha with the agency “Burson Cohn and Wolf”, worth 30 thousand dollars.

Under this contract, the agency facilitates the link between the party and the main actors in the United States, guaranteeing media support as well as consulting services and communication strategy.

Ennahdha said it has not signed any contract with a foreign agency, neither through its legal representative nor through its institutions or its leaders.

The movement is subject to Tunisian laws and its accounts and contracts are controlled by the Court of Auditors, said the party.

Source: Tap News Agency