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Chawki Tabib says he was informed by a police patrol outside his home that he was now under house arrest.
The former head of the Tunisian anti-corruption committee was placed under house arrest hours after security forces took control of the committee’s headquarters.
Chawki Tabib was the head of the independent authority from 2016 until he was sacked by former Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh in 2020.
“A security patrol stationed in front of my house informed me that a decision had been made to place me under house arrest … in violation of my right guaranteed by law and the constitution,” Tabib said on Facebook on Friday.
The Home Office was not immediately available for comment.
In a series of shock movements, President Kais saied at the end of last month announced the dismissal of the Prime Minister, the suspension of Parliament and the lifting of parliamentary immunity for the 217 deputies who make up the Tunisian lower house.
Critics and opposition leaders labeled the president proposes a “coup”, a qualification rejected by Saied.
The move won broad popular support, but also raised concerns among some Tunisians about the future of the democratic system the country adopted after its 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring.
Security forces cordoned off the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Committee and evacuated its employees on Friday, in what appeared to be an attempt by the authority to protect any corruption case.
Saied, who was elected in a landslide in 2019 after vowing to stand up against corruption, said those involved in corruption in all sectors must be held accountable.
Last week, officials in the phosphate industry were arrested on suspicion of corruption.
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