TUNIS, Three Tunisian Social Democratic parties in the opposition – Ettakattol, Al-Joumhouri and the Democratic Current (Attayar) – announced that they have lodged a complaint to the first president of the audit court against President Kais Saied, the premier and three ministers to denounce the crimes of “bad management of public funding and abuse of power”.
The secretary generals of these parties and a representative of national independent personalities lodged the complaint after the closure of the headquarters of Parliament, of the national anti-corruption authority (Inlucc) and of the Bardo Museum for unjustified reasons, according to a joint statement, which stressed that the employees of these institutions were denied access to their offices while they are continuing to get paid.
The complaint in particular concerns the “bad management of public money, abuse of power and violation of administrative procedures” by President Kais Saied, Premier Najla Bouden, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia, Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine and Culture Minister Hayet Ketat Guermazi.
Another opposition member, the Workers’ party, denounced the “attempts by President Kais Saied to subjugate the sector of the judiciary to implement his authoritarian project”, blocking a decree creating a provisional Supreme council of the judiciary.
“With the promulgation of this decree, the main guidelines of Saied’s authoritarian project are taking shape”, warned the workers’ party in a statement. According to the party, this decree is another pretext for alleged foreign colonial forces to interfere in the domestic affairs of the country and create a favorable climate to impose their diktats, it said. Undertaking reforms of the judiciary and fighting any form of corruption in the sector does not require to also gain control of the judiciary, stressed the party, adding that “it would be better to affirm its independence and allow the judiciary to get rid of the exploitation and manipulation of parties in power”.
Source: ANSA News Agency