Tunisia's Ennahda slams 'smear campaign'

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Tunisia's Ennahda Movement yesterday denied recent accusations by politicians, describing them as "attempts to defame the party and exclude it from the political scene." Politicians in Tunisia have accused Ennahda of "terrorsim, and pressuring companies to polish the party's public image." "Parties, who accuse Ennahdha of terrorism, lobbying and foreign funding, have perpetrated crimes of tax evasion," the party's Shura Council member, Sami Triki, told reporters, stressing that they were attempting "to remove the party from the political scene by appealing to the armed forces." Ennahda's opponents are "trying to hold our party responsible for all the crises the country is witnessing," he continued. "We are proud of what the party has accomplished over the past decade," he said. READ: […]

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