An informed Tunisian source told “Sky News Arabia” that more than 15 leaders of the Ennahda movement, some of whom are deputies in the frozen parliament, demanded the dismissal of Rashid Ghannouchi, as he is responsible for the failure and popular collapse that the movement has led to, and the holding of internal elections to choose another president. They decided to suspend their membership from the party until the latter submitted his resignation, threatening to announce collective resignations from the party if their demand was not fulfilled..
According to the source, the members circulated an internal memo, during which they demanded that “the leaders of the first row, Rashid Ghannouchi, Ali Al-Arayedh and Noureddine Al-Buhairi, declare that they are not interested in the upcoming conference.”
They also considered that the existing leadership had fully exhausted its balance, and had failed to interact with the requirements and entitlements of the stage, stressing the need for this leadership to acknowledge this and to bear responsibility..
The dismissal of Ghannouchi
The decision comes as a continuation of a series of measures implemented by the movement’s leaders against Ghannouchi over the past months, after nearly 140 leaders of the movement submitted their final resignations last August, due to Ghannouchi’s refusal to continue to lead the movement..
Observers expect that the increasing pressures from within the Brotherhood movement will push Ghannouchi to resign from his presidency, especially as he failed to convince the General Shura Council of the new formation of the Executive Office, which means that convening the movement’s general conference is something near impossible at the present time, and it will push matters to more complexity, which is Ghannouchi may not be forced to leave the country if the authorities allow him.
Dictatorship and failure
A large section of Ennahda leaders holds Ghannouchi fully responsible for the political failure that has befallen the movement over the past years, bringing it to an unprecedented state of popular rejection and anger that prompted President Kais Saied to announce corrective measures on July 25, freezing parliament and lifting immunity. its members, and a number of officials were relieved of their positions, as well as the start of a comprehensive purge and accountability process for all parties.
The leaders of Ennahda repeatedly stressed that Ghannouchi’s policy, which was characterized by a great deal of dictatorship and exclusivity in decision-making, caused an escalation of political polarization to an unprecedented extent in the country. To choose new leaders, at the forefront of which is a leader from the young generation, who is able to open lines of communication with the Tunisian street and political forces as well as state institutions.
For his part, Tunisian political analyst Hassan Yahyaoui says that the Ennahda movement, as we have known it during the past ten years, has ended completely, and therefore how can this movement mutate and what new form it will take, so that it repositions itself in political life and the Tunisian street, another that holds many possibilities. But it definitely won’t end forever.
In a statement to “Sky News Arabia”, he confirms that the leaders who resigned from the movement may resort to launching a new political party away from the ideology of Ennahda to gain space in the Tunisian political street, but this experiment cannot predict its results because it will remain hostage to the citizen’s awareness in dealing with any current of his Relationship to the rejected policies of the movement, which amount to criminality against the Tunisian people.
In this context, Tunisian political forces renewed their demands on President Kais Saied to take urgent measures in the file of judicial accounting related to the financing of terrorism and corruption, stressing the need to dissolve all parties that fall under the threat of foreign funding, especially the Ennahda movement..
The Secretary-General of the Popular Current Party, Zuhair Hamdi, said that the sharpness of the recent rhetoric of the Ennahda movement and its allies comes within the framework of “fighting a psychological war to prove their continued existence,” saying: “They must understand that their project is over.”“.
He added, during a television interview, that Brotherhood leaders are aware that the coming period will witness actions and decisions that will be the first to be affected by it, and they will be the first concerned with accountability, whether with regard to terrorism or political assassinations..
He added, “They are aware of the extent of the crimes and violations that they have committed, and Ennahda will pay the price that leads to a solution and prison penalties… and this is what I think is the source of escalation and blackmail, their goal is to try to get away with it.”“.
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