BEIRUT — Tunisian authorities continue their crackdown against known critics of President Kais Saied with the arrest this week of two current officials and a former one from the moderate Islamist Ennahda party.
The interim head of Ennahda, Mondher Ounissi, was arrested by police on Tuesday while driving his car. He was taken to “an unknown destination,” according to a statement by the party. No reason was given for the arrest, which Ennahda said came without prior notification.
The targeting of Ounissi comes days after the publication of an audio recording attributed to him in which he allegedly accuses certain Ennahda officials of attempting to take over the party and receiving illegal funding from foreign parties.
Minutes after Ounissi was detained, Abdel Karim Harouni, who heads Ennahda’s Shura Council, was also arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location days after he was placed under house arrest.
