“Leave” – The people of the South Tunisian expel Ghannouchi
Dismissal and humiliating slogans haunt Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood, wherever he left and left, the 80-year-old politician has lost any hope of returning to power.
The people of Sfax Governorate in southeastern Tunisia raised the slogan “leave” on Sunday morning, in the face of the leader of the Tunisian Brotherhood, who is visiting the south of the country, to sensate the extent of his fading popularity, on the anniversary of the establishment of the Renaissance Movement.
Activists circulated videos on social media of Ghannouchi’s expulsion from Sfax Governorate, blocking his way to the center of the governorate.
On Saturday, Rashed Ghannouchi visited the southern province of Tataouine and was expelled in the same degrading manner from the people there.
The ongoing expulsions show that once Rached Ghannouchi leaves Ennahdha, his holiness fades, he is expelled during his prayers and tours all over Tunisia, followed by slogans condemning his crimes.
a popular term for the eightieth Brotherhood, which is seeking to return to power at any cost; After dissolving his parliament, Ghannouchi is trying to rally his supporters to find new legitimacy, especially as early legislative elections, scheduled for December 17, approach.
Ghannouchi was shocked by the expulsions in the southern governorates yesterday and today, especially since he believed that these governorates were guaranteed to the Brotherhood.
Ghannouchi had already stated in 2019 that Ennahdha did not need to organize an election campaign in the southern governorates (7 out of 24) as guaranteed.
The seven governorates are Sfax, Gabes, Medenine, Tataouine, Kabylie, Tozeur, and Gafsa, which have 2.6 million inhabitants out of a total of 10 million Tunisians, while their representatives in the Tunisian Parliament occupy 53 out of 217 seats, or about a quarter of the seats.
Election stations in Tunisia since 2011 have shown that southern Tunisia was the Brotherhood’s electoral reservoir, with Ennahdha winning the majority of parliamentary seats allocated to electoral districts in those regions.
In the 2011 elections, Ennahdha won 89 seats, with the highest voter turnout in the southern governorates at 3 out of 4 in Tataouine Governorate, while in Medenine Governorate it won 5 out of 9 and 4 out of 7 in Gabes District.
