Accused of “falsifying sponsorships,” according to his lawyer, while the authorities have not immediately commented, presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel is being prosecuted for the same facts that earned him a previous conviction.
A Tunisian court of first instance has sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, prosecuted and in detention, to one year and eight months in prison.
The court also decided to postpone until September 25 a hearing in another case where Zammel will appear in a state of freedom before the correctional chamber, at the request of the defense committee, reports
the Tunisian news agency TAP.
Mr. Zammel was arrested on September 2, on suspicion of false sponsorships in a case for which the Manouba court, in the suburbs of Tunis, had released him on September 6. But he was immediately arrested again on the instructions of the Jendouba court in the northwest of Tunis, for similar accusations.
The independent electoral body had unanimously validated, on August 10, three candidacy files for the next presidential election.
The files belong to Zouhair Maghzaoui, Ayachi Zammel and incumbent President Kais Saied.
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