TUNIS — A Tunisian court on Tuesday froze the bank
accounts of several key opponents to President Kais Saied, including
Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party.
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The Tunisian Financial Analysis Committee issued a statement informing banks they must
“immediately implement the ruling from the investigat-ing judge of the
anti-terrorism pole”.
The statement
carried a list including Ghannouchi, his son Mouadh, for-mer prime minister
Hamadi Jebali, and former foreign minister Rafik Abdessalem, all of whom are or
were key Ennahdha figures.
The statement
did not give details on why the order had been issued.
A court had
already imposed a travel ban on Ghannouchi late last month over a probe into
high-profile political assassinations that rocked the country in 2013.
Jabali is under
investigation for alleged money-laundering in relation to foreign funds
transferred to a Tunisian charity. He was arrested for sev-eral days last month
before being released.
He is set to
appear before an anti-terror court on July 20.
Tunisia’s
long-running political crisis took a dramatic turn last July when Saied sacked
the government, froze the Ennahdha-dominated parliament headed by Ghannouchi, and
seized far-reaching powers.
Last week he
unveiled a draft constitution set for referendum on July 25, the anniversary of
his power grab.
Opponents accuse
him of waging political vendettas and dragging the country back to
dictatorship, over a decade since its pro-democracy re-volt sparked the
Arab Spring uprisings.
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