Tunisia-Daily Digest for June 9

Qalb Tounes leader Nabil Karoui, was transported early Tuesday, June 8, 2021 to the hospital after his health declined due to his hunger strike

Tunisia member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Tunisia has now been selected as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for 3 consecutive years, from January 1, 2022.

Yassine Ayari files a complaint against Ministry of Health

MP Yassine Ayari announced yesterday that he had filed a complaint against the Ministry of Health regarding the vaccination system and the overruns registered in the national vaccination campaign.

According to Yassine Ayari, some people presented themselves as health professionals to be vaccinated as a priority.

PM Mechichi meets U.S ambassador

Prime minister Hichem Mechichi today received US Ambassador Donald Bloome at the Kasbah.

According to the statement by the presidency of the government, it was decided to approve the deal of the American donation of 500 million dinars, received under the framework of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), towards the end of this month.

PM Hichem Mechichi orders requisition of OACA and Steg agents and engineers

Two government decrees requisitioning some personnel under the National Office for Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA) and certain engineers under the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) was issued in the Jort de this Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Judicial Justice Council ends secondment of judicial judges to the two presidencies

The Council of Judicial Justice declared that it had decided to cease the secondment of judges appointed to the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidency of the Government, the ministries and bodies in which the law does not entail the presence of judicial judges.

It emphasised that this decision was taken out of concern to protect the principles of independence and impartiality of justice and to remove the judiciary from any political tension.

The assassin of Commander Riadh Barrouta sentenced to death

The court specializing in terrorism cases at Tunis court of first instance has issued a death sentence against the terrorist who killed, on November 2, 2017, police commander Riadh Barrouta at Bardo.