Called the leader “commander of the sewers” – gets prison
Tunisian MP Ahmed Saidani has been sentenced to eight months in prison for mocking President Kais Saied on Facebook in early February, writes the BBC.
When the president recently visited a flood-affected area, the opposition politician mockingly called him “supreme commander of sewage and stormwater management”.
“It seems that the president [...] decided to officially extend his expertise to roads and pipes,” he wrote, continuing:
“We are watching with amazement these great achievements – every pothole, every streetlight and every pipeline that he personally supervises.”
Saidani himself was behind Kais Saied’s takeover of power in 2021, which many have condemned as an attempted coup. But over time he has become a vocal critic.
Party comrade is furious: “A violation of the law and an attack”
Party comrades of opposition politician Ahmed Saidani are furious after he was sentenced to prison for mocking President Kais Saied. His colleague Bilel Mechri tells Reuters that the verdict is “a violation of the law and an attack on the institutions”.
– How can parliament hold the executive branch accountable if it carries out an illegal arrest due to critical opinions?
Since Saied took power in 2021, in what critics see as a coup d’état, his grip on the country has tightened. Many opposition leaders, critics and journalists have been imprisoned.
Saied himself claims that he wants to “clean up” the country. Human rights groups have condemned him as an autocrat who has turned the country into an “open-air prison”.
Tunisian MP Ahmed Saidani has been sentenced to eight months in prison for mocking President Kais Saied on Facebook in early February, writes the BBC.
When the president recently visited a flood-affected area, the opposition politician mockingly called him “supreme commander of sewage and stormwater management”.
“It seems that the president [...] decided to officially extend his expertise to roads and pipes,” he wrote, continuing:
“We are watching with amazement these great achievements – every pothole, every streetlight and every pipeline that he personally supervises.”
Saidani himself was behind Kais Saied’s takeover of power in 2021, which many have condemned as an attempted coup. But over time he has become a vocal critic.
Party comrade is furious: “A violation of the law and an attack”
Party comrades of opposition politician Ahmed Saidani are furious after he was sentenced to prison for mocking President Kais Saied. His colleague Bilel Mechri tells Reuters that the verdict is “a violation of the law and an attack on the institutions”.
– How can parliament hold the executive branch accountable if it carries out an illegal arrest due to critical opinions?
Since Saied took power in 2021, in what critics see as a coup d’état, his grip on the country has tightened. Many opposition leaders, critics and journalists have been imprisoned.
Saied himself claims that he wants to “clean up” the country. Human rights groups have condemned him as an autocrat who has turned the country into an “open-air prison”.
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