Tunisian court upholds verdict against Ghannouchi on foreign funding allegations
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A Tunisian appeals court upheld a three-year prison sentence Friday against Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahda Movement, in the case known as “Lobbying,” according to the Tunisian state news agency.
A court sentenced Ghannouchi to three years on Feb. 1 on accusations of receiving foreign funding for his movement.
The Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against Ghannouchi, who is already in prison. It also upheld a verdict against his son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem, who is outside the country.
The court fined the Ennahda party $1,170,000 in the case.
The “Lobbying” case claims that the party received foreign funds for its parliamentary electoral campaign in 2019.
Tunisia has been in the throes of a deep political crisis since 2021 when President Kais Saied ousted the government and dissolved parliament. It has aggravated the country’s economic conditions.
Ghannouchi was the speaker of the dissolved assembly.
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