Tunisian lawmaker Seifeddine Makhlouf, an outspoken critic of President Kais Saied, has been re-arrested, for 'undermining the dignity of the army'.
Tunisian parliament member and spokesperson of the Al-Karama coalition Seifeddine Makhlouf, seen during the demonstration.The latest arrest is related to another judicial file opened against him by the military justice.two other Al-Karama MPs are also accused of insulting border police who had prevented a woman from flying.
Like other MPs, Makhlouf lost his parliamentary immunity when Saied assumed full power on 25 July, sacking the prime minister, suspending the assembly and taking control of the prosecution service. He was briefly arrested on 17 September on his way to a Tunis military court to appear before an investigating judge.
Makhlouf and two other Al-Karama MPs are accused of insulting border police who had prevented a woman from flying.The latest arrest"is not related to the airport case. It is another judicial file opened against him by the military justice," said his lawyer Anouar Ouled Ali.
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