Abderrahim Zouari in pre-trial detention in Aouina

Former Minister Abderrahim Zouari is in pre-trial detention at the Aouina barracks for new questioning in other cases of financial corruption and power abuse, we learned from a judiciary source, on Friday. The legal decision to release Mr. Zouari in the case of the disbanded Constitutional Democratic Rally "does not mean that he is today released", said the same source in a statement to Tunis Afrique Press (TAP) news agency. The same source added that the pre-trial detention ranges between 3 and 6 days. The chamber of indictment of the Tunis first instance court had announced, on Thursday, the decision to release Abderrahim Zouari in the RCD case with the exception "that he would not under arrest in other cases." Mr. Zouari is one of the longest serving ministers under the former regime and had headed the departments of Justice, Youth and Children, Foreign Affairs, Youth and Sports, Tourism and Handicrafts and finally Transport. Besides, he had held the position of Secretary-General of the ruling party for two terms between 1988 and 1991, and 1999 and 2000