In support of the Muslim Brotherhood against President Kais Saied, Qatar intervenes in Tunisia’s internal affairs
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim ben Hamad Al-Thani, held a phone conversation on Wednesday with Tunisian President Kais Saied, stressing the need to consolidate the rule of law in the country which is witnessing a political crisis.
The official QNA news agency carried the words “the need to overcome the current political crisis in Tunisia and the importance of the Tunisian parties to pursue the path of dialog to overcome it, consolidate the pillars of the state of institutions and establish the rule of law in the sister Republic of Tunisia for the benefit of the brotherly Tunisian people and preserve its stability.”
The Qatari regime, under the leadership of Sheikh Tamim ben Hamad Al-Thani, is using all its might to rescue the Muslim Brotherhood movement in Tunisia and support its steps against the Tunisian presidency, after President Kais Saied issued decrees that dissolved parliament, suspended its work for one month, and removed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi from office.
Qatar’s suspicious moves to interfere in Tunisia’s internal affairs and exploit the current crisis come after the withdrawal of the chairmanship of the International Association of Constitutional Jurists from President Kais Saied, justifying the coup against the constitution and democracy in Tunisia.
Doha is pressuring the Tunisian president to reverse his decisions against the Muslim Brotherhood, but Saied’s response has been tough by aligning himself in the national ranks with popular demands, angering the Emir of Qatar and leading him to withdraw Saied’s presidency from the league he had founded earlier and to blockade Saied in the media.
The Qatari moves confirm that Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was courting President Kais Saied recently in an attempt to create a balance between the presidency and the Tunisian parliament, but with Saied’s position, the latter revealed Qatar’s support for the Brotherhood only, and its position against the new Tunisian regime as it previously worked with the Egyptian regime.
The Brotherhood Ennahdha Movement has strong relations with Qatar, manifested in a number of support and direct funding stations, in the last visit of the Emir of Qatar to Tunisia, during which he provided funds to Ennahdha, and also sent aid to it during the recent coronavirus crisis, to support its position on the Tunisian presidency, while the Tunisian people did not benefit from it, and remained exclusively for the Brotherhood.
