Leila Ben Ali says plot by security officials ended husband’s rule

June 22nd, 2012

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Leila, Ben Ali’s second wife and 21 years his junior, also denied she had
worked as a hairdresser when she met her husband or had numerous lovers, as
widely reported in the media.

After Ben Ali took power in 1987 he obtained a divorce and wed Trabelsi, who
allegedly set about installing members of her family in positions of power.

In ensuing years, the Trabelsi name came to personify the corruption that
riddled Tunisian society and business, and a byword for shameless greed and
excess.

Leila Ben Ali squarely blamed her husband’s chief of presidential security Ali
Seriati, currently in jail, of being behind a “plot” that led to
the uprising, which sparked the Arab Spring revolts.

She outlined the stages: “indoctrination of the masses, the distribution
of money in poor areas, the recruitment of snipers, the intensification of
protests through targeted killings, the torching of homes.”

Their flight into exile to Saudi Arabia would not have occurred “without
Seriati’s insistence,” she said, adding: “Even once we were in the
air, my husband thought he could return the following morning.”

Last week, a Tunisian court sentenced Ben Ali, in absentia, to life in prison
for presiding over the bloody crackdown on the protests against his regime.

He faces countless trials and has already been sentenced to more than 66 years
in prison on a range of charges including drug trafficking and embezzlement.

Despite all that, the former first lady said she and her husband were ready to
face trial back home if “we are guaranteed the impartiality of the
judgments and assured of the legitimacy of those in charge” of the
trial.

She remained largely tight-lipped on her days in exile in Saudi Arabia, saying
she passed “the major part of the day looking after my husband and my
children … I go out rarely, hardly meet anyone and pray a lot.”

Source: AFP