Dignity Coalition President and former deputy of the dissolved parliament Seifeddine Makhlouf has been released on Thursday morning after serving his sentence in what is known as the “airport case,” member of the defence group lawyer Saber Abidi confirmed on Thursday.

He explained in a statement to TAP, that Makhlouf had initially spent four months in detention pending an investigation into this case, and then had been sentenced to seven months in prison. Taken to prison, he completed the remainder of the sentence.

Abidi indicated that his client will remain at liberty, at the disposal of the judiciary in other cases.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse