Muslim Brotherhood's wealth raises doubts in Morocco, Tunisia

The Muslim Brotherhood likes to masquerade as a victim everywhere.
However, such a claim is being belied in Tunisia and
Morocco where the Muslim Brotherhood branches keep complaining against the lack
of funds.
In Morocco, the Muslim Brotherhood's party, Justice and
Development, is being investigated about its vast wealth. In Tunisia, some
people are calling for investigating the wealth of the head of the Ennahda
Movement, Rached
Ghannouchi.
The Moroccan and Tunisian cases are
similar in that the Muslim Brotherhood has succeeded in rising to power in both
countries. The branches of the movement in the two countries face accusations
of fast enrichment.
A report by the auditory agency in Morocco has shown
that the Justice and Development Party is the richest of all political parties
in the country. In 2018, the report says, the party had total funds of 38
million dirhams.
The report also called for investigating the wealth of
the party to get to its source.
Some members of the Ennahda Movement are lobbying for
the approval of reforms that open the door for the transition of power inside
the movement.
Ghannouchi is coming under fire,
meanwhile, for monopolizing decision-making and money inside his party. Those opposing him call for him to step down to allow for
Ennahda's renewal.
Those opposing Ghannouchi include some of the most senior
members inside Ennahda.
According to a senior member of
Ennahda, Mohamed bin Salem, Ghannouchi favors his family members to other party
members.
This came as Ghannouchi faced accusations of favoring his
son-in-law, Rafik Abdessalem, to Abdelfattah Mourou, a cofounder of Ennahda
Party. Abdessalem was appointed as the foreign minister of Tunisia.
However, the man came at the center of
corruption allegations. Ennahda said the allegations were a baseless attempt to
tarnish his reputation.