The Provisional Supreme Judicial Council Tuesday deferred the consideration of an application for the withdrawal of immunity from 13 judges until June 20, said President of the defense collective Ayachi Hammami. Hammami told TAP Wednesday lawyers were present to defend three judges who saw their dismissal decision revoked by the Administrative Court (August 2022); a decision will be rendered on June 20. The defence collective requested the postponement of the session for the remaining judges to collect defence elements; a June 20 date was set. Under the Tunisian law, investigating judges are not entitled to hear judges before their immunity is lifted, the lawyer added. The investigating judge at the Counter-Terrorism Judicial Division filed in December 2022 a request with the Provisional Council to have the immunity of 13 judges lifted out of a total of 57 dismissed under a presidential decree (June 2022). . A session to consider the request was put off twice.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse