Corruption of the Tunisian Brotherhood… Calls for an investigation into the “Employee Army” file
As Tunisia celebrates Labor Day, voices are rising to investigate the corruption of the Muslim Brotherhood.
During the decade of the group’s rule in Tunisia, the terrorist group mobilized an army of supporters and cadres, joining the state’s administrative apparatus to control the administrative apparatus and buy allegiances.
The period when the Brotherhood’s Ennahdha Movement came to power, in alliance with several political forces, saw the appointment of hundreds of thousands of people to the government position, some of them former prisoners convicted of terrorist crimes.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Ennahdha Movement encouraged its members to take government jobs in the education, financial, health, and other sectors by diplomatically falsifying various degrees over the past decade.
Fatima al-Masdi, a Tunisian parliamentarian, said the most disfiguring of “Labor Day” is the general legislative amnesty group, which is still in operation, holding forged certificates and phantom jobs.
She said it was necessary to put an end to all this and to reveal all the secrets of this file in which Ennahda is involved.
Ennahdha also described the Brotherhood as a movement linked to terrorism, saying, “We are waiting for its classification as a terrorist organization to be resolved, especially since all its leaders are currently in prison on charges of conspiring against state security and national security and its connection with the file of sending terrorists to hotbeds of tension.”
100 thousand studied scientific certificates
The Tunisian Anti-Corruption Association estimated “the number of studied scientific certificates at about 100,000 out of 500,000 new government jobs after 2011, and there are no precise figures on the beneficiaries of the forged certificates.
“With many people suspected of employment in government sectors via fake scientific certificates, the Tunisian government has responded to calls for an investigation into appointments made during past years under the Ennahdha Muslim Brotherhood.”
Tunisian Minister of Employment Nasreddine Nsibi said earlier that a system of electronic certificate stamping has been put in place to track down fraudulent practices.
On October 4th, it was announced that 16 people from Kasserine were involved in forging academic degrees to obtain jobs in several municipalities.
A year ago, investigations into the issue of posts and suspicious appointments revealed that 47,000 staff were hired based on false scientific testimony; More than 15 teachers and professors were referred for investigation after it was proven that their level of education did not rise to their professional level. They were found to have forged certificates for tires, engineers, and even ministers.
Heavy corruption file
Corruption related to academic degrees arose with the announcement of a consensus between late president Beji Caid Essebsi and Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi on a system of social peace that was too costly for the Tunisian state in the last decade, said Ibrahim Missawi, head of the Association for the Fight Against Corruption.
He confirmed that very few files had been forwarded to the judiciary. He called for the disclosure of the secrets of these files.
He said the issue of falsifying academic certificates is a heavy corruption case that contributed to the bankruptcy of public sector jobs and dumped them on secondment of about 217,000 public sector employees before 2011 to 800,000, which contributed to the inability of institutions to perform their duties and bankrupt them.
Labor Union: No reconciliation with terrorists
For his part, Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labor Union, Noureddine Taboubi, acknowledged on Monday that his country needs national unity to revive it economically, socially, and culturally to regain its status.
“National unity and the call for joint dialog do not mean reconciliation and tolerance with those who are involved in terrorism and corruption, or those who are hostile to the state and do not recognize its sovereignty,” Taboubi said in a speech delivered during a conference to mark International Labor Day on Monday.
“There is no reconciliation with those who tolerated terrorism, those who justified it, those who benefited from corruption, and those who allowed for this, especially those who were involved in anti-Tunisian nationalism and those who did not owe it their full allegiance,” he said.
He stressed the need for accountability, reconciliation, and positive interaction with the July 25, 2021 track, while noting that he did not accept the policy of exclusion.
Taboubi referred to President Kais Saied’s rejection of “the dictates of the International Monetary Fund.” He said, “The Labor Union can only acknowledge this position, which is consistent with the Labor Union’s position that also rejects the required reforms from Tunisia in exchange for some soft loans.”
Tunisia, which is suffering from a severe economic crisis, is awaiting the approval of the board of directors of the fund for a $1.9 billion loan, which will come in four installments over four years, in return for a commitment to a reform package to revive public finances and boost economic growth.
