[1][2] A graduate of the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, he is a chemical engineer by training, then became general manager of Ayachi Group.
[8] Once a candidate, Ayachi Zammel was arrested on 2 September 2024 and placed in pretrial detention two days later on charges of false sponsorship.
[11] On 1 October, he was sentenced to an additional twelve years in prison, a decision, as well as the rejection and imprisonment of other candidates, which were denounced by Human Rights Watch.
[12][13] On 11 October, Ayachi Zammel was sentenced to 11 years in prison in four cases related to rigging election sponsorships.
[15] This accumulation of summary convictions is interpreted as a judicial relentlessness reflecting the power's panic in the face of his electoral potential, with many opponents considering voting for him, despite his lack of notoriety, the latter having initially spared him from a rejection of his candidacy.