Hisham al-Najjar says Ghannouchi considered Erdogan’s mentor and teacher
Hisham al-Najjar, a researcher in
the affairs of Islamist groups, said that the leader of the Tunisian Ennahda
Party, Rached Ghannouchi, is a mentor and teacher to Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, adding that the student, Erdogan, succeeded in mastering the
joints of Turkey, while Ghannouchi failed to implement this in Tunisia.
During the symposium “Tunisia: An
attempt to understand” held by the Arab Center for Research and Studies on
Monday, January 10, Najjar added that after the fall of the parent Brotherhood
organization in Egypt, Ghannouchi, in cooperation with Erdogan, sought to
inaugurate a new centralization of the Brotherhood in the Maghreb countries instead
of Egypt.
Najjar pointed out that Ghannouchi’s
recent attempts to save the Brotherhood project were like a dance of the
slaughtered, explaining that the reasons for the downfall of the Brotherhood in
Egypt are the same reasons for the group’s decline in Tunisia, and the fate of
the two versions is the same, which will also happen to the Turkish version,
while the only difference is in the duration of the governance.
He revealed that the Brotherhood's
desire in Tunisia is not to serve religion or citizens, but to reach a great
financial influence supported and protected by strong political influence,
explaining that instead of being interested in education, health, and the
economy, Ghannouchi turned the parliament into a mafia to protect the Brotherhood
project.
Najjar explained that Ennahda's
options are limited in light of popular support for the decisions of Tunisian
President Kais Saied, stressing that Saied’s success is not related to the
overthrow of the Brotherhood, as exclusion requires an alternative project and
an attempt to embrace the Egyptian model and achieve economic successes.
The Arab Center for Research and
Studies opened the New Year with a symposium entitled “Tunisia: An attempt to
understand.” Speakers at the symposium included Dr. Nevin Mosaad, professor of
political science at Cairo University; Hisham al-Najjar, researcher in the
affairs of Islamist groups; Mahmoud Hamed, journalist and researcher in
political affairs; and Hossam al-Haddad, researcher in political affairs.
