Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood fails to rally; Tunisians support the path of reform
On Saturday, the Muslim Brotherhood failed to mobilize Tunisians against the reformist path of President Kais Saied, who pushed them out of government.
The march was called for by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Renaissance Movement and the pro-Islamic National Salvation Front to bring down the reformist path led by Saied. It is part of the organization’s efforts to return to power and not to prosecute them politically and judicially.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s failed march, during which they announced their boycott of the legislative elections, coincides with the celebration of the 59th anniversary of the holiday of the evacuation, the day when the country celebrates the departure of the last occupied French soldier from Tunisian soil.
The Brotherhood of Tunisia claimed that the number of participants in their march today was close to 25,000 people, and they also circulated news claiming that the police prevented them from assembling in Habib Bourguiba Street in the center of the Tunisian capital.
The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior proved the falsehood of the organization’s claim by publishing a picture taken from the height of the general scene of the pro-Brotherhood demonstrators, in the middle of Habib Bourguiba Street, where their numbers seemed to be very limited, not exceeding tens or hundreds at the most.
In a statement issued Saturday, the ministry said that contrary to the fabrications that have been circulated about the presence of transportation disruptions, its security units are working to maintain security and public order within the framework of their normal work and the application of the law, in terms of procedures and regulatory controls over individuals, means of transportation, and roaming documents.
It explained that the movement of various means was secured in all but one of them, and after consulting the public prosecutor’s office, she instructed them to issue reports and violations in their regard, and to be detained as necessary in accordance with the law due to various violations such as the non-possession of a gray card, expiration of the professional card, or the use of outstanding driver’s licenses for bus drivers.
Four individuals were arrested at various locations around the protest movement with various amounts of money, it said, adding that a gas canister was also seized along with one of the men. The public prosecutor’s office authorized legal action against them.
“The Tunisian Interior Ministry said the security establishment was fulfilling its duty to secure demonstrators on the one hand, and to maintain public security and protect public and private property on the other hand, while enforcing the law, maintaining complete neutrality and respecting human rights.”
“The Tunisian Brotherhood failed to mobilize the street, and they failed to make all their bets, starting with the attempt to derail the referendum and establish a new constitution that is far removed from the Brotherhood’s constitution, which protects their interests,” said Abdel Majid al-Adwani, a Tunisian political analyst.
Al-Adwani said that the Brotherhood also failed in its failed attempt to convince the Western world that they are defending the values of freedom and democracy.
He added that the Brotherhood’s failure on the ground to mobilize the street and build alliances with civil powers to return to power was the result of the crimes they committed because of their public utterance.
