Three other senior officials of the Islamist Ennahda party arrested in Tunisia

18 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The Tunisian authorities have reported on Tuesday that three other leaders of the opposition Islamist party Ennahda have been arrested after a series of operations carried out by the country’s security forces.

The formation’s legal team has confirmed that senior officials Mohamed Gumani, Belgacem Hassen and Mohamed Cheniba have been arrested after party leader Rached Ghanuchi was also arrested following a search of his home.

In addition, the lawyers have maintained in statements collected by the TAP news agency that they have not had access to the detainees and that they have been asked “not to try to contact them.”

Training sources have indicated that the Police carried out a search at the Ennahda headquarters this Tuesday morning, for which they have evacuated everyone present.

The Government has also sent a circular to the local authorities stating that the headquarters of Ennahda and the National Salvation Front are closed and that meetings in the facilities are prohibited, a decision that is part of the current state of emergency in the country. This has led the opposition to denounce an authoritarian drift in the country and to demand the resignation of the president, Kais Saied.