Ali Ben Salem : Citoyen ordinaire !!

تقدمت اليوم بإسمي الشخصي – علي بن سالم ، الخميس 29 ماي 2008 ، مرفوقا بالناشطين الحقوقيين الإخوة : خالد بوجمعة وفوزي الصدقاوي ، بتقديم شكاية لدى مكتب السيد وكيل الجمهورية بالمحكمة الإبتدائية ببنزرت قصد فتح بحث في ما توارد في الصحف الفرنسية وعلى لسان أجهزة العدالة الفرنسية وما أنيط بعهدة البوليس العالمي لمقاومة ألاإجرام(Interpol) حول إتهامات بالسرقة والتدليس تتعلق بالمسمى عماد الطرابلسي وعز الدين قلايعية فيما يلي نصها :
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جناب السيد،
وكيل الجمهورية لدى محكمة بنزرت الابتدائية

الموضوع : إعلام بجرائم التوريد خلسة والتدليس ومسك واستعمال مدلس والإرشاء والسرقة والمشاركة في ذلك.
ضد : كل من – عماد الطرابلسي- عزالدين قلاعية ومن سيكشف عنه البحث

تحية وبعد،
فقد اطلعت على مقال محرر من طرف الصحفية "فابريس لوم" بتاريخ 9 مارس 2008 مستخرج من صحيفة "ماديا بار" بفرنسا والمصاحب لهذا أنّ المدعو : عماد الطرابلسي الذي أصدر في حقه قاضي التحقيق الفرنسي السيد "ريسون" بمدينة أجاكسيو بطاقة جلب في إطار أعمال التحقيق الجارية بشأن السرقة من عصابة منظمة وإخفاء مسروق والتي عهدت إلى القاضي المذكور إثر سرقة عدد ثلاثة بواخر سياحية "يخوت" من شواطئ جنوب فرنسا.
وقد جاء بمقتطفات من الاستنطاقات التي أجراها القاضي المذكور أنّه بوصول أحد السفن المسروقة بميناء مدينة بنزرت والذي كان في انتظاره المدعو عماد الطرابلسي طلب هذا من المشرف على مكتب الديوانة استخراج وثائق خاصة بالمسروق، وعند تمنع العون خاطبه المشتكى به المذكور: "أتعرف من تخاطب ؟ أنا عماد الطرابلس" واعزا بكونه صهرا لرئيس الدولة. وبعد ممارسته لضغوط قبلت مصلحة الديوانة افتعال وثائق للسفينة مقابل أداء معلوم على الأشياء الفاخرة ومبلغ يدفع كرشوة لعون الديوانة المذكور. وحيث أنّ ما ورد بالوقائع المذكورة وغيرها صلب المقال المذكور يشكل جرائم المشاركة في السرقة والتوريد خلسة والتدليس ومسك واستعمال مدلس والإرشاء.
لذا، فالرجاء منكم الإذن بفتح بحث في موضوع التهم المذكورة مناط الفصول 288 وما بعده من مجلة الديوانة و258 و264 و172 وما بعده و83 وما بعده و32 من المجلة الجزائية.
والسلام .
بنزرت في 29 ماي 2008
وأمام إمتناع السيد... وكيل الجمهورية لدى المحكمة الإبتدائية على تقديم وصل إستلام برقم الشكاية بحجة عدم وجود أي سند قانوني يجبره على ذلك ، أصررت على عدم مغادرة المحكمة ألإبتدائية قبل إستلامي وصلاً يثبتُ تقديم الشكاية .ولم يلبث أن تدخل الأمن بفرقه جميعها مختصة وإرشاد وأمن العمومي وحضر رئيس منطقة بنزرت ومدير إقليمها الأمني اللذان قاما بمعية أعوان أخرين بإنزالي من الطابق الثالث للمحكمة محمولاً من كل يديً و قدميً ليضعوني خارج المحكمة مع مرافقيّ المذكورين عنوةً .
وفيما كان نشطاء الجهة من الحقوقيين( محمد الهادي بن سعيد ، لطفي حجي ، ياسين البجاوي ومحمد علي بن عيسى محمد الحبيب حمدي و عبد الجبار المداحي و بشير الجملي) ينتظرون في مقهى النخيل بقبالة المحكمة اجبر المسؤولون الامنيون صاحب المقهى على إخراج الجميع من المقهى و امام اصرار الحقوقيين على عدم الخروج قام اعغوان الامن بمنع كل من اراد الالتحاق بهم كما قامو بتعنيف كل من خالد بوحاجب وعلي الصنهاجي ومحمد الزار
إن الودادية الوطنية لقدماء المقاومين تعبر عن :
- استنكارها لتوظيف الفج للقضاء في الوقت الذي تتشدق فيه السلطة بالحديث عن استقلالية القضاء امام الرأي العام الدولي.
-احتجاجها لعدم تمكين الشاكي علي بن سالم من الحصول على وصل ضمان مقابل شكايته.
- تنديدها بالقمع الذي انتهجتعه قوات البوليس ضد المناضلين الحقوقيين و نذكر بالخصوص المعتدئ النقيب سليم الزلزلي الذي تعمد الصفع مع التلفظ بالعبارات القذرة والاعتداء على المناضلين.
- رفضها لهذا التعامل الاستبدادي الذي يصدر عن إدارة تتبجح بدولة القانون وحياد ألإدارة
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How did Suha Arafat amass all these millions?

Poor Palestinians, not only do they have to cope with an army of occupation and a state that is draining their resrouces, but also with the corruption and greed of their leaders :'(


There have been consistent reports that Suha Arafat, widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has withdrawn tens of millions of dollars’ worth of investments from Tunis, prompting the Tunisian authorities to strip her of the Tunisian citizenship.

Some news agencies reported mid-August that Suha’s investments in Tunisia were estimated to be in the vicinity of $40 million.

Well-connected sources in Ramallah have intimated that Suha Arafat “inherited” hundreds of millions of dollars registered under her deceased husband’s name in several European banks. The vast bulk of the money is believed to have belonged to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

This writer sought to raise this subject with several Palestinian officials in Ramallah.

The officials agreed to speak rather reluctantly and only on condition of “anonymity” citing the “sensitivity of the subject.”

I spoke to one veteran official in Ramallah, who I was told is responsible for dealing with “the issues of administrative and financial corruption.”

The man didn’t ask for anonymity, but I have opted to not mention his name lest he be physically harmed by the gurus of corruption or fired from his job.

M.A. (his initials) said he was well aware of the “subject” and would love to see “real journalists dig for the truth.”

“You know and I know that this is the Palestinian people’s money. These millions didn’t belong to Yasser Arafat, they belong to the Palestinian people. Besides, the fact that these millions were embezzled or arrogated four or five years ago doesn’t mean that it is hopeless or too late to set the record straight.

“On the other hand, we can’t just indict Suha Arafat or anybody else based on rumours and unsubstantiated reports.”

M.A. said the first culprit in this issue is the Palestinian Legislative Council, which he said should have placed the subject on the top of its agenda from the very inception.

“I don’t know why they didn’t discuss the subject. I think the failure to discuss this paramount matter amounted to a breach of trust and betrayal of the people.”

I confronted Hasan Khreishe, deputy-speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, with these serious accusations and asked him what he knew about Suha Arafat’s alleged millions.

Khreishe, speaking cautiously and circumspectly, said the Legislative Council didn’t start an investigation into Suha Arafat’s wealth because “we didn’t have credible evidence warranting launching an investigation.”

I asked the veteran MP, who in 2003 headed the investigation of the so-called cement scandal, if he knew the fate of PLO secret accounts and investment schemes in Palestine and abroad. Khreishe said he didn’t know much and the little he knew came from the media.

Asked if he thought the Palestinian government should seek to obtain information from foreign governments, including the Tunisian government, as to details of bank accounts belonging to Arafat’s widow, Khreishe said “this is the government’s business, not ours.”

When further asked if he would press the Palestinian government to ask foreign governments for information on Suha Arafat’s financial details, Khreishe sought to evade the question, saying that “this matter is more judicial than legislative, and that the ball was in the media’s court to produce concrete evidence incriminating Suha Arafat.

“Two hundred million dollars”

Very few people were aware of Yasser Arafat’s financial assets during his lifetime. One of these was Muhammad Rashid, the late Palestinian leader’s economic advisor, who is now living in Cairo.

Rashid has consistently refused to give details of Arafat’s secret bank accounts and other assets, saying he would report only to the Palestinian Authority.

According to an al-Jazeera report a few years ago, Arafat had written a will leaving some of his fortune to his wife and their daughter, Zahwa. However, other reports said Arafat left no will, leaving most of his fortune in the hands of Rashid and Suha. However, it is uncertain if Rashid behaved single-mindedly with Arafat’s financial empire, or if he “settled things” quietly with Suha following Arafat’s death.

At the time of his death, Arafat’s assets were estimated at $200 million by the Forbes magazine. Forbes listed him ninth in its ranking of the world’s wealthiest heads of state, even though he was a ruler without a country and many of his people were (are) suffering from abject poverty. Other sources, including the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), put Arafat’s fortune at $6 billion, a figure exaggerated according to several PLO figures I have talked to.

Suha Tawil, 30 years younger than Arafat, married the PLO leader in 1992 in Tunisia where she worked for the PLO headquarters in Tunis. Suha returned with Arafat to Gaza where the couple lived alternately in Gaza and Ramallah. However, in 2001, she took their child, Zahwa, to Paris, where they continued to live until late 2005, when they moved to Tunis.

Suha lived a lavish and luxurious life in the French capital where it was rumoured that the money she spent per month would cover the basic needs of 5,000 Palestinian refugees in a place like Jabalya in the Gaza Strip.

In 2004, the French authorities began investigating the transfer of $11.5 million from Swiss bank accounts to accounts in France controlled by Suha Arafat.

Then Suha reportedly lambasted the French authorities for ordering the investigation.

“What is so strange for the Palestinian president to send any amount of money to his family and his wife, who is protecting the Palestinian interests abroad, and the money came and will come legally?” Suha was quoted as saying during an interview with the London-based Saudi-financed al-Hayat Arabic newspaper.

Following Arafat’s death in November 2004, and wishing to settle “the problem” with Suha quietly, Palestinian Authority leaders, e.g. Fateh leaders, reportedly struck a deal with Suha whereby she agreed to receive a large amount of Arafat’s fortune as well as a monthly stipend of tens of thousands of dollars for the rest of her life, all in return for shutting her mouth.

While the exact details of Suha’s present fortune are still not known, it is very likely that the bulk of her assets has been arrogated from monies that belonged to the Palestinian people. Suha was not known as a businesswoman and she didn’t hail from a particularly rich family. Her mother, Rimonda Tawil, published a weekly magazine in East Jerusalem called al-Awda, which was financed by the PLO. And she inherited very few assets from her father.

So, how did she amass all this wealth, all these hundreds of millions of dollars?

In simple English, it seems we are talking about a huge theft by every conceivable standard of logic. I know that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty. However, in this case, the guilt screams to the seventh heaven. People don’t just make hundreds of millions that easily and in such a short period of time.

Besides, Yasser Arafat’s bank accounts, secret or otherwise, didn’t belong to him personally but to the Palestinian people.

More to the point, the late Palestinian leader, with all due respect to his struggle for freedom and statehood, had no right to leave hundreds of millions or tens of millions of dollars to his wife and daughter. These millions were not his. They belonged to the people.

Hence, it is imperative that the Palestinian society raise the issue and exert meaningful pressure on government officials so that they immediately order a full and comprehensive investigation into Suha Arafat’s finances.

The people of Palestine have every right to know where every cent of Suha’s millions came from, and if a genuine investigation is carried out and incriminating evidence is obtained, then the PA will have to seek her extradition so that she will stand trial for corruption and embezzlement of the Palestinian people’s money.

This is a test case not only for the Palestinians resolved to fight corruption, but also for the seriousness of our quest for independence and statehood.

After all, corrupt politicians who cover up corruption and protect the grand thieves can’t be entrusted with the fate of the people and the country.
source: Palestinian times

Tunisie: la Banque mondiale lance des consultations pour lutter contre la corruption

Voila le vrai obstacle au développement qu'on aurait du essayer de résoudre par nous même afin d'éviter d’être embarrassé!!

TUNIS (AP) - Universitaires, parlementaires et représentants de la société civile et du secteur privé ont pris part jeudi soir à Tunis à des consultations initiées par la Banque mondiale sur la promotion de la bonne gouvernance et la lutte contre la corruption. Cette rencontre s'inscrit dans le cadre de la nouvelle stratégie mise en place par le comité de développement de l'institution financière internationale dans diverses régions du monde qui ont englobé jusqu'ici 40 pays et impliqué 35.000 personnes. Plusieurs participants ont mis l'accent sur l'impératif de la transparence notamment dans les procédures et institutions qui gouvernent les passations de marchés ainsi que sur l'accès à l'information, facteurs jugés comme étant "des éléments clés de la lutte contre la corruption". Pour Theodore Ahlers, directeur du département Maghreb, Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord à la BM, "le vrai défi" qui se pose à son institution est de rechercher les moyens les plus appropriés pour promouvoir la bonne gouvernance et la lutte contre la corruption. Outre une "coopération accrue" avec la société civile, la BM projette de "mettre sur pied des plans et des équipes anti-corruption en déployant du personnel sur le terrain et allouer des ressources supplémentaires pour les opérations de supervision". Elle envisage en outre de "sanctionner publiquement les entreprises coupables de corruption". AP bb/sb
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