The former president of Tunisia is sentenced to 8 years in prison

 According to the RT news agency, the court of first instance in Tunisia has sentenced the former president of the country, who is one of the biggest opponents of the current president of Tunisia, Kais Saeed, to 8 prison terms without being present in court. But the sentence against Marzouki has been strongly criticized for suppressing the opposition for allegedly inciting unrest in Tunisia. "Mohammed Zaitouneh", the official spokesman of the Court of First Instance of Tunisia, has told the media that the former president of Tunisia has been sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of trying to change the structure of the government and cause chaos by inciting people to start a war using weapon. Marzouki, who currently lives in France, was the first Tunisian president to enter the country's palace through democracy after the 2011 coup that ousted dictator Ben Ali. President of Tunisia Kais Said Marzouki's action to criticize Kais Saeed's action to dissolve parliament, change the constitution and ban the activities of political parties has made him included in the list of opponents of the current president to the extent that a case has been opened against him. At the end of 2021, the Tunisian court sentenced Marzouki in absentia to four years in prison for what was called "attacking state security" because he accused "Kais Saeed" of carrying out a constitutional coup against the Tunisian people. The 78-year-old Marzouki is a long-time opponent of the dictator Ben Ali's regime and was elected President of Tunisia after the overthrow of Ben Ali, ruling the country from 2011 to 2014. Marzouki is always considered as a symbol of the struggle for democracy in the country. Tunisia.