jpnn.com, KAIRO - Tunisia has issued an international notification for the arrest of former president Moncef Marzouki, the TAP news agency reported Thursday (4/11).
The notification was published one month after Marzouki asked France to stop supporting the current government.
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There is no detailed information about what charges Marzouki is facing.
However, President Kais Saied in October ordered an investigation into what he called allegations that Marzouki had conspired to endanger national security.
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Saied has been increasingly criticized abroad since taking executive power in July.
He did not heed almost the entire mandate of the constitution by controlling almost all powers.
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Marzouki and various other circles condemned Saied's actions by calling it a coup.
Saied launched a new government in October and promised there would be a national "dialogue".
However, he has not yet detailed a plan to restore constitutional rules as requested by donors.
Marzouki told Al Jazeera TV he was not surprised about the restraining order issued against him.
He called the move a "threatening message to all Tunisians".
Marzouki, who in recent weeks lived in France, served as president from 2011 to 2014.
France is the former colonial ruler of Tunisia and is still quite influential today.
TAP said the detention order was issued by the investigating judge in charge of Marzouki's case. (ant/dil/mcr20/jpnn)
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