Tunisian opposition party calls for judicial independence, return to constitutional life

In a statement released Wednesday, the National Salvation Front, Tunisia’s largest opposition coalition, said that the recent “show trials” against opposition figures are an attempt to cover up the government’s failure to address the country’s worsening crises. The Front also condemned the latest court rulings issued against former President Moncef Marzouki, former presidential candidate Imed Daimi, former head of the Bar Association Abderrazak Kilani, and other political personalities. The Front stated that “the government’s persistence in fabricating politically motivated trials against its critics reflects its desperate search for scapegoats to distract from its economic and social failures, and to falsely portray the opposition as conspirators.”