The former president of Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission is accused of having received bribes to make additions to the commission's final report. At the heart of the controversy is the Franco-Tunisian Bank, an emblematic case of corruption that led to the conviction of the Tunisian state. Was this real falsification, or is this a tactic to put an end to transitional justice?
On March 7, former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission Sihem Bensedrine published on her Facebook page a statement informing of her March 2 summons by the judicial unit on economic and financial questions, where she was served with a ban on leaving the country. She added that the judge also notified her of her indictment for"obtaining unjustified advantages","causing damage to the state" and"falsification".
The case of the"falsified" report has been in the Tunisian news in a recurring manner for four years, starting from March 26, 2019, when the truth commission's final report was published on its official website.
The case dates back to 1981, when the state sought to privatize this bank, confiscated in the 1960s from its French owner. Arab Business Consortium International , half owned by franco-Tunisian businessman and lawyer Abdelmajid Bouden, acquired 50% of the bank's shares which should have given it control of the BFT.
One of Sihem Bensedrine's fiercest opponents is Mabrouk Korchid, a lawyer, former MP and former Minister of State Property and Land Affairs between 2017 and November 2018 reputedly close to the former regime of Ben Ali . He has on several occasions launched vehement diatribes against her in the media. He blames her, among other things, for having classified Abdelmajid Bouden among the victims of the dictatorship.
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