Tunisia-Neji Jmal denies slapping a PDL MP Zeineb Sefari

Acknowledging that he attempted to seize the phone from the hands of PDL MP Zeineb Sfari, Ennahdha MP Neji Jaml sought to justify his actions by alleging that he repeatedly requested her not to film although she declined to obey him.

Still, in an effort to justify his act, Jmal evoked that PDL deputies have been, since the commencement of the term, a source of disturbance, presumably seeking to gain media sympathy by mentioning the dispute between PDL leader Abir Moussi and Sarhan Chikhaoui.

At the end of a lengthy posted on his official page, the MP dismissed having “slapped” or even assaulted Zeineb Sfari, thereby rejecting the images the public had seen yesterday in the video, which was broadly shared last night.