The examining magistrate at the Tunis Court of First Instance, on Wednesday, issued a committal order against Abir Moussi, president of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), Mohamed Zitouna, spokesman for the Court of First Instance said in a statement to TAP news agency.
The detention order was issued following a complaint lodged by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) in connection with media remarks made by Abir Moussi at the end of 2022, in which she accused the ISIE of acts deemed detrimental to the image of the electoral commission.
At a press conference last week, lawyer Karim Krifa spoke about this complaint, pointing out that it related to a press conference held by the PDL in December 2022, during which its president, Abir Moussi, rejected the results of the legislative elections and the entire electoral process.
The PDL leader had described the legislative elections as “illegal”, “contrary to laws, treaties and codes of conduct” and, above all, a ‘violation of the principle of equality
between men and women.’
In a statement to TAP on January 16, spokesman for the Tunis Court of Appeal, Habib Torkhani, said the public prosecutor’s office at the Tunis Court of First Instance had ordered three investigations against the PDL president on the basis of two complaints filed by the president of the ISIE and another by the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT). The latter withdrew its complaint a few days later.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse