Abir Moussi: We are waiting for a presidential decree to hold the Tunisian Brotherhood accountable

Tunisian MP and head of the Free Constitutional Party Abir Moussi said on Friday evening that the political forces in Tunisia are waiting for a decision from the president to hold the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group accountable.

In statements to the “Facts and Secrets” program on the Egyptian channel “Sada Al-Balad”, Moussi added that Tunisia is witnessing a constitutional crisis that is reflected in the economic, political and social conditions, attributing this to “the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is rejected by the Tunisian street.”

She considered that the current crisis worries everyone inside Tunisia and threatens the stability of the state, adding: “We are waiting for a decision from the president of the country, to put an end to the Muslim Brotherhood, to hold them accountable and bring them back to their natural size, so that Tunisia may recover.”

She said that through her party, she would continue to stand up to all attempts to “disappear from the homeland” and to work for the Tunisian people.

On Monday, the UN office in Tunis condemned the violence against Abir Moussi, a parliamentarian and head of the Free Constitutional Party.

Representatives of the Brotherhood’s Ennahdha Movement, Sahbi Smara and Seif El-Din Makhlouf, assaulted Abir Moussi during the plenary session on June 30 last.

The session of the Tunisian parliament was the scene of physical attacks perpetrated by a number of MPs of the Al Karama Coalition, one of the arms of the Muslim Brotherhood Ennahdha Movement, against the head of the Free Constitutional Party, Abir Moussi.

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood before his resignation in early 2021, the journalist Smara denounced the agreement with the Qatar Fund for Development, which many MPs consider a “new colonization” and a blow to Tunisian sovereignty.

Smara, described by observers as a “political mercenary”, has been a colleague in all the political parties in power since 2011 and is accused of embezzlement of public funds during the regime of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

In addition to the Smara attack on Moussi, Brotherhood MP Saif Makhlouf also assaulted the latter the same day, setting a dangerous precedent in the Tunisian parliament.