The United Nations team in Tunisia condemned, on Monday evening, the violence committed against the head of the Free Destour Party bloc in the Tunisian parliament, Abir Moussa, by one of her fellow parliamentarians during the plenary session on June 30. According to a statement issued by the United Nations office published by Al-Arabiya.
The Office of the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Tunisia, Arnaud Beral, said in its statement that "the United Nations team is following with concern what is happening in the Tunisian Parliament, especially since the incident was not just an isolated case, but rather occurred after other recent cases of violence and hatred against women parliamentarians recurred in a general manner. Wider for women active in politics in Tunisia.
He added that "the United Nations considers that any act of violence against women politicians, whether physical or verbal, constitutes not only a violation of human rights, but also constitutes a serious threat to democracy and the participation of women in public life."
The UN team urged the authorities to take appropriate measures against the perpetrators, calling on members of the House of People's Representatives, in their capacity as the elected representatives of male and female citizens, to display the highest ethical standards in their conduct.
It was that the Wednesday session in the Tunisian Parliament witnessed the attack by MP Sahbi Smara and the representative of the Al-Karama coalition bloc, Seif El-Din Makhlouf, beating both MP Abir Moussa, head of the Free Constitutional Party bloc, and her colleague in the same bloc, MP Wissam Al-Shaari.
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