Politics

Tunisia-Abdelkarim Harouni : Rached Ghannouchi is a leader like Hached and Habib Bourguiba

Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party, checks his ballot behind a booth at a polling station in Ben Arous near the capital Tunis on May 6, 2018, as the country votes in the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. - Tunisians head to the polls on May 6 in what is seen as another milestone on the road to democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, despite muted interest in the poll as struggles with corruption and poverty continue. Though parliamentary and presidential votes have taken place since the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, municipal polls have been delayed four times due to logistic, administrative and political deadlocks. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Speaking to Shems FM, chairman of the Shura council, Abdelkarim Haroun addressed the ongoing dispute in Ennadha on the nomination of Rached Ghannouchi for another term as head of the movement

Harouni said that Some desire to push towards a dispute with Rached Ghannouchi. Something that he strongly opposes. Others believe that retaining Rached Ghannouchi goes hand in hand with changing the rules of procedure and bypassing Congress. The initiative that I launched with Rafik Abdessalem aims to rebalance things, ”he said.

Criticizing the Hundred’s position, he said the group favoured ejection of Rached Ghannouchi from the party presidency without presenting any alternative to the role he could play after the election of a new president.

“We have worked, through our initiative, to obtain a resolution that supports the principle of rotation, which respects both the laws of the party, its Congress, its president and all of its leaders,” he said. asking for treating with respect and supporting Rached Ghannouchi through his status as a leader, “just like Farhat Hached, Habib Bourguiba or even Habib Achour”.