On Monday, Tunisian opposition leaders will be questioned by the police. Rachid Ghannouchi, the chief of the Islamist party Ennahda, and his right-hand man Ali Larayedh were summoned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit.
According to party officials, the Ennhada leaders are being questioned for allegedly “sending jihadists to Syria”.
Ghannouchi has said that he is unaware of the reasons why he has been summoned to appear before the country’s anti-terrorism unit.
On the party’s Facebook page, a statement read Sunday that the group “had always respected the judiciary”, accusing the authorities of “targeting the opposition” and a diversion off “the actual economic and social difficulties the party faces”.
Ghannouchi who’s 81 has been under investigation since June amid allegations of corruption and money laundering.
