Ex-Tunisia president slams mass trial of opposition figures in ‘conspiracy case’

Former President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki has criticised the mass trial of dozens of opposition figures and human rights activists on charges of “conspiring against state security” describing the trial as “a judicial farce” where the country’s “best men are being tried by its worst”.

In a post on Facebook, Marzouki said this form of sham trial has become the norm in Tunisia.

He accused President Kais Saied of developing a “fondness for sham trials over imaginary conspiracies being hatched behind his back.”

“He has fallen victim to real conspiracies being hatched right in front of his nose while he, due to his blindness, does not see.”

Marzouki compared Saied’s obsession with imaginary conspiracy theories to that of his predecessors, presidents Habib Bourguiba and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, warning that it is inevitable that he will meet their fate and will be expelled by those he least expects.

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