Dismissal of an Imam because he refused to present defamatory reports

Mr Elhosni Enassri- the Imam of Elhouda Mosque in Fernana- was dismissed according to a telegram issued by the Jandouba’s governor and obtained by Kalima radio.
The interviewed Imam-who is also the president of Fernana’s ruling party division-said that he was put under pressure by the secretary general of the ruling party’s cooperative of Jandouba to present defamatory reports that accuse known persons in the town for corruption to use them in their legislative elections’ campaign. The Imam said that he refused to comply with and as a result he was dismissed by Fernana’s mayor and not by the religious affairs responsible. Moreover they froze his membership in the ruling party and presidency of division without respect of the party’s internal regulations.