Kais Saied exposes Muslim Brotherhood plot to destabilise Tunisia
After being rejected by the Tunisian people, the Muslim Brotherhood is allegedly attempting to mobilise the public against the government through ongoing schemes, which the presidency has exposed and is determined to confront firmly and decisively.
Tunisian President Kais Saied said that “investigations have established that water and electricity outages in many areas were not the result of ordinary technical failures, but rather of deliberate acts aimed at inflaming tensions in the country”.
He made the remarks during a meeting at the Carthage Palace attended by Prime Minister Sara Zaafrani, Minister of Equipment and acting Minister of Energy Salah Zouari, Minister of Agriculture Ezzeddine Ben Cheikh, Chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas Faisal Tarifa, and Chairman and CEO of the National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company Abdelhamid Menja.
During the meeting, the Tunisian president said that “the multiplication and recurrence in recent times of a number of phenomena and problems across several sectors and regions cannot be regarded as merely temporary events or isolated incidents”.
He continued: “Furthermore, investigations have established that water and electricity outages in several areas were not caused by ordinary breakdowns, but resulted from deliberate acts whose planners and perpetrators sought to inflame the situation by every possible means and spread lies and rumours, with the aim of causing confusion and harming citizens, even with regard to the most basic services.”
Saied affirmed that “the enemies of the nation and those who support them have now been exposed before the Tunisian people”, referring to the Muslim Brotherhood. He stressed that “as long as the domestic front remains united, and as long as awareness continues despite all attempts to inflame tensions, all these criminal schemes, regardless of where they originate, will be brought to nothing”.
Saied also said that “the Tunisian people do not need statements today, but action, and that action is coming. In the life of nations and peoples, there are moments when it is not merely a matter of distinguishing between different sides, but of building a new history”.
Tunisia has experienced water and electricity outages in recent weeks, along with a significant decline in the availability of bottled mineral water.
During this period, Tunisia has also been experiencing a wave of rumours attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, focusing on the health conditions of prisoners, President Kais Saied’s health, internal security, and essential crises involving water and electricity. Some social media pages have reportedly exploited these issues to create confusion and stir public unrest.
Observers believe that the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Ennahdha movement and its allies are behind the successive crises Tunisia is experiencing during this period, asserting that their networks remain deeply embedded within government administrations and state institutions.
