Today, the parliament resumed its general session to continue approving the articles of the 2025 Finance Bill. The session, which was attended by the Minister of Finance, continued with the examination of additional articles, and Article 24 was approved with the approval of 62 MPs. This article provides for the creation of an electronic platform for all public service recruitments, which eliminates the age limit for those who have been unemployed for a long time and grants the right to compete for all academic levels exceeding the minimum qualifications required for the competition.
Before the article was approved, the Minister of Finance, Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia, voiced that this proposal contradicts the nature of the Finance Bill. She also revealed that provisions and regulations concerning recruitment in the civil service, as stated in the Civil Service Law, and any suggestions for amending these provisions, should only be considered as part of a revision of the Civil Service Law, not within the scope of the Finance Bill.
It is also worth mentioning that the parliament rejected several additional articles linked to the trade of gold and precious metals, encouraging investment in the film industry, measures to reduce the trade deficit, and promoting domestic production by preventing the import of goods that have local counterparts produced in Tunisia. The assembly likewise discussed raising customs duties on imports from China and Turkey.
Several proposals were withdrawn, and the discussion on an additional article regarding the creation of a Regional Social Responsibility Fund was postponed until the Ministry of Finance revised the proposal.
(National Radio)
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