The prison authorities at Manouba women’s prison, where Abir Moussi is being held, have been “lax” in providing medical care, according to Ali Bejaoui, a member of the defence committee of the president of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), who denounced “a major human and procedural error”.
At a press conference held on Tuesday at the party’s headquarters in Tunis to provide an update on Abir Moussi’s state of health, the lawyer stressed that his client was going through a difficult period and that her condition had deteriorated, adding that the defence’s constant requests to take care of her situation had only recently been met.
In a press release issued on December 8, Moussi’s defence team said that the PDL leader had been in pain for several weeks and that she had been transferred to Kassab hospital for specialist medical advice and necessary tests.
At the press conference, Bejaoui took the opportunity to reiterate that Moussi’s case was clearly marred by several “procedural flaws” that could amount to
“procedural corruption”.
In this context, he cited as examples the violations of the authorisation to open an investigation, the seizure and the detention files.
The lawyer added that these measures were not taken in a proper manner in accordance with the rules of law and procedure laid down by the Prosecutor General of the Tunis Court of Appeal, who is the only authority authorised to act in such matters where a lawyer is concerned, in accordance with the provisions of Article 46 of the 2011 Decree-Law on the Legal Profession.
For his part, Karim Krifa, a member of the defence committee, has called on the public prosecutor to provide “tangible proof” that the expert appointed to carry out expert opinions in the Moussi case is registered on the list of judicial experts. He promised to inform the ministry and the chief investigating judge of the “identity theft” offences found in the case.
The president of the PDL is accused of attempting to provoke a riot, processing personal data without the consent of t
he person concerned and obstructing freedom of work.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse