April 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm | Published in: Africa, News, Tunisia
A supporter waves a flag of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda Party on October 24, 2014 in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital Tunis [FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images] April 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm
Tunisia s Ennahda Movement has denounced President Kais Saied for monopolising power and contravening the constitution and laws of the country. The criticism follows a speech on Sunday in which 63-year-old Saied said that his powers as commander of the armed forces also cover the internal security forces, not only the army. The president is the supreme commander of the military and civilian armed forces, he insisted. Let this matter be clear to all Tunisians. I do not intend to monopolise these forces, but the constitution must be respected.
Tunisian Minister of Finance and Investment Ali Al-Kali announced that public debt has reached its highest level, amounting to 16 billion Tunisian dinars ($5.7 billion). In a statement to Watania .
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Tunisia PM cancels trip to Italy after minister gets covid
Tunisia s former Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi in Tunis on September 3, 2020 [FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images] December 15, 2020 at 3:04 pm
Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham El-Mechichi today canceled his visit to Italy after Finance Minister Ali Al-Kali was infected with coronavirus. The Minister of Finance… was among the delegation accompanying Prime Minister Hisham El-Mechichi in the visit that was scheduled today to Italy, the Tunisian official news agency quoted Moez Li Din Allah Al-Muqaddam, director of the Prime Minister s office, as saying.
He added: The analyses conducted in Paris before heading to Italy were positive for [the] Minister … while they were negative for the rest of the delegation.