Poor Radhwan Masmoudi should not feel reassured. From now on, we will have to deal with a serious rivalry in terms of treachery. And as one is never better betrayed than by one’s own, it is a teammate of Ennahda, Fathi Ayadi and another of a friendly party, Qalb Tounes, in this case Osama Khlifi, who have just launched hostilities and proclaimed themselves professional traitors who do not lack assets.
Only one concern: countering Saïed
And if Masmoudi has chosen to evolve only in the United States, his two rivals have chosen to do so in Europe and it is in Vienna that they have just performed their baptism of fire.
It is that the Islamist party, more and more agitated and helpless since July 25, 2021, is mobilizing all its “skills” to try to reverse the trend and stop the offensive that has just been launched by a certain Kaïs Saïed.
And if Masmoudi did the job among the Americans, leading a group of senators to land urgently in Tunisia to see what is happening there and to recommend to the President of the Republic to review his positions, his options and especially his decision to freeze the activity of Parliament and to grant himself, even temporarily, the reins of power at all levels, the harvest was very disappointing for the Nahdhaouis who hoped much more from the meeting between these senators and Saïed who was able to counter them and even force them to change course since they affirmed, at the end of their mission, that they do not support any political party in Tunisia and that they just hope for the return of democracy and the adaptation of the future options chosen by the Tunisian president to the will of the people.
Return of activity of ONE parliament
It was the Scottish shower for Rached Ghannouchi and his foals and it was not the last. The recent communiqué of the G7 countries expressed by their ambassadors in Tunisia did not do better for Ennahda since it evokes the need for the return of activity of a parliament, which means that they do not particularly care about the one that has just been frozen. The statement also expressed no particular support for the Islamists who sought to exert strong pressure on Saïed, who remains, in the end, the man for the situation and who will take into consideration, nor will the American suggestions.
However, the Islamists have not yet thrown away their weapons and they have just changed direction in their war against Kaïs Saïed. Rached Ghannouchi, in a final burst, took advantage of the holding in Vienna of the Congress of Speakers of Parliaments to launch his new offensive. And since he cannot leave the country, he has commissioned two of his loyal soldiers to represent him and especially to inform the European parliamentarians of everything that is currently happening in Tunisia, according to Ennahda’s version, of course.
Khlifi goes wild!
The two larrons, chosen according to the circumstances because they are already on European soil, were present at this Austrian meeting and it was Osama Khlifi who took charge of the mission. In his speech, on behalf of the frozen speaker of the Tunisian parliament, the number two of the Qalb Tounes party, who lied when he said he was in contact with Nabil Karoui in Tunisia while the latter was hiding in an apartment in Tbessa in Algeria, spoke of a violation of the principle of parliamentary democracy, saying that Tunisia lives to the rhythm of a dangerous political and constitutional deviation that has hindered the smooth running of the work of the parliament.
Known as a perfect traitor, he asked the European parliaments to put the package to impose an intervention in Tunisia, where MPs are facing the freezing of their activities, the travel ban, house arrests and even trials before military courts.
Yes, Khlifi left nothing to chance to describe the “catastrophe” of July 25, 2021 that requires a European intervention in his country, where he took full advantage of his status as a deputy to mingle with his corrupt cronies in an exercise that he quickly mastered, especially since he spent a long time with a certain … Nabil Karoui.
Dealing with the devil
This means that the two very special envoys of the sheikh have perfectly accomplished their mission by attacking their country and their President of the Republic and especially by soliciting the help of foreign forces to regain power.
Therefore, a forthcoming visit by a delegation of MEPs to Tunisia will not surprise us. Ennahda is willing to deal with the devil to stay alive, stay in power and avoid accountability when compromising and very burning files are opened.
The Islamists’ headlong rush continues, but the impasse is no longer far away.
Rifi-JDD