Defense lawyers of Nama Tunisia deny receiving external funding

Defense lawyers of Namaa Tunisia Association denied, during a conference held in Tunis Tuesday, the association’s link to any of the names referred for investigation and refuted accusations of money laundering and receiving external funding.

They added that names of political leaders who have nothing to do with the association, neither in establishment nor in management, were included in a bid to create “fake” links between the association and those leaders.

Investigations with the head of the Ennahda movement in Namaa association, Rached Ghannouchi, are set to be conducted on 19 July on charges of receiving foreign funds, money laundering, and threatening internal state security, a case under which the former prime minister was arrested.

The Financial Analysis Committee of the Central Bank of Tunisia has earlier announced the freezing of the bank accounts of Ghannouchi, his son, and 30 other people including former Prime Minister Hammadi al-Jabali, and his daughter. They were also prevented from traveling.