Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, flagbearerof the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 presidential election, has constituted his manifesto committee, with Mr Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu as chairman. More soon. Source: Ghana News Agency The defence team of the leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), Abir Moussi, condemned "the systematic targeting and judicial harassment of the party leader for her political activism and her positions against the ruling authority". The defence team also condemned the new detention order issued against Abir Moussi following a complaint filed by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE). In a statement issued on Thursday, the defence team said that Abir Moussi "is the only Tunisian politician to be detained following two committal orders under Article 24 of Decree 54 of September 13, 2022 on combating crimes related to information and communication systems." The committal order was issued following a complaint filed by the (ISIE) in relation to media statements made by Abir Moussi in late 2022, in which she accused the ISIE of acts deemed to be detrimental to the image of the electoral commission. At a press conference last week, lawyer Karim Krifa spoke about this complaint, pointing out that it dates back to a press conference held by the PDL in December 2022, during which its president, Abir Moussi, rejected the results of the legislative elections and the entire electoral process. The PDL leader had described the legislative elections as "illegal", "contrary to laws, treaties and codes of conduct" and, above all, a "violation of the principle of equality between men and women". In a statement to TAP on January 16, spokesman for the Tunis Court of Appeal, Habib Torkhani, said that the public prosecutor's office at the Tunis Court of First Instance had ordered three investigations against the PDL president on the basis of two complaints filed by the president of the ISIE and another by the Tunisian General Workers' Union (UGTT). The latter withdrew its complaint a few days later. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse