Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Annahda Movement in Tunisia, said plots against Tunisia will fail, adding that assassination of leftist politician Chukri Belaid was, “a serious incident aimed at undermining the peaceful nature of the revolution, the Tunisian model of peaceful revolution, and the development model it seeks to establish.”
In a statement, Ghannouchi added, “The assassination of Belaid aims to undermine national unity and to create a bloody conflict throughout Tunisia, and also aims to attack Annahda movement as the ruling power, since every act of sabotage is aimed at the governing authority, ultimately.” On recent remarks by French leaders, regarding the situation in Tunisia, Ghannouchi said, “We reject such statements as foreign interference in Tunisian affairs. Indeed, we reject any interference from any source.”
Ghannouchi further said: “I feel that certain powers are targeting Arab Spring countries, as if a decision has been made somewhere in the world to abort Arab Spring revolutions through overwhelming chaos, spreading of violence, lawlessness and strife, and plunging the country into enmity and hatred…. These evil attempts will be defeated, broken on the solid rock of Tunisian national patriotism that does not have any history or legacy of civil wars.”