LETTER FROM THE MAGHREB. “Le Point” told ex-president Moncef Marzouki that he was sentenced to four years in prison. Anomaly or symptom of democratic disruption?
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Through Benoît Delmas
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” Lbad news is fatal to whoever brings it, ”Shakespeare said to one of the messengers ofAntony and Cleopatra. This was not the case on Wednesday. 8 pm strike when the Tunisian state press agency, TAP, announces the sentence to “four years in prison with immediate effect” of the former President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki. We quickly dial his number to get his reaction, and we discover the coolie of ugly omens, a Cassandra. Slightly surprised, the ex-president asks what he is supposed to react to. He is announced his prison sentence. Forbidden, a few seconds to admit it, he declares: “I was not aware of a procedure, I did not receive a summons, I cannot tell you my surprise and my shame for the just …
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