Youssef Chahed: If news about Ben Ali's health deteriorates, we allow him to return to Tunisia

The Tunisian presidential candidate, Youssef Chahed, said he was not opposed to the return of ousted president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who is in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, S & D. he was in critical condition.

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The witness said in an interview with the channel "Hannibal" that he would authorize the return of the deposed president "because we are in a humanitarian situation." He is ill, rumors say that "we are in a bad situation. he can return to his country, like any other Tunisian, "adding," he wants to return here, to be buried, ".

Ben Ali's lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, confirmed Thursday that his client had suffered a health crisis that had forced him to be hospitalized.

"In response to news that President Ben Ali is ill, he is really sick and hospitalized after a health crisis," said the lawyer at Tunisian radio Mosaic FM.

He pointed out that the crisis "forced him to enter the hospital, but that the problem is neither moribund nor in a coma", adding that Halima Ben Ali, daughter of the l 39; former president, had contacted him and confirmed that his condition was stable.

This came in response to some media reports that spoke of the "critical condition" of the former Tunisian president or his coma.

Source: agencies

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