COVID-19 updtaes:
Tunisia reported on October 27 four covid deaths and 91 new infections, taking the tally to 25.227 deaths and 712.230 infections.
The tally for October 26 was 1 death and 126 infections.
Hannibal TV will suspend its broadcasting as of Friday
Following the HAICA ruling, The Managing Director and legal representative of Hannibal TV, Zouhair Gombri announced that the channel will stop airing as of Friday October 29 at midnight.
Tunisian double vaccination certificate will be recognised in England
Tunisia will be added to the list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England from 4 am Monday 1 November.
Saïed calls for an audit of donations and credits granted to Tunisia
In a special interview with Tunisie Numérique, the secretary-general of the Democratic Current Ghazi Chaouachi said that the President of the Republic Kais Saied is not the spokesperson for all Tunisians.
Chaouachi revealed that Kais Saied was not elected by all citizens highlighting the value of political pluralism to preserve the real principles of democracy.
”Nejla Bouden is just carrying out Kais Saied’s orders. She can’t do anything without his approval, ”he stated.
Tobruk airport will resume flights to Tunisia
According to the Libyan news channel “218 News”, two Tobruk-Tunis flights will be run per week.
Marzouki calls for the removal of Saied and to prosecute him
Moncef Marzouki announced that “Tunisia is heading for a more severe scenario and the state is bankrupt”. He added that “Prime minister Najla Bouden has visited the Gulf to solicit support and that support will surely be conditional,” he said.
He deemed the referendum that Saied plans to organize “a death certificate for the rule of law and the institutions”. Marzouki again called for peaceful resistance to remove Kais Saied and prosecute him.
UTICA condemns general strike in Sfax
UTICA underscored its attachment to defending the interests of production companies and protecting, with all legal and legitimate means, the right to freedom of work which should be enshrined in the Tunisian constitution. UTICA has, further, warned against the negative consequences that salary increases could have, stressing that these unstudied and “irresponsible” increases have led, during the last ten years, to the hastening of acute inflation, the decline of the competitiveness of companies, external indebtedness and the imbalance of public finances. This has contributed to the decline of Tunisia’s sovereign rating from B3 to Caa1, calling for the preservation of industrial units against smuggling, anarchic importation and parallel trade.
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President of the Republic Kais Saied chaired, this Thursday, October 28, 2021, a council of ministers at Carthage Palace
The Head of State emphasised on this occasion the necessity to carry out a complete audit of the donations and credits received by Tunisia in recent years and which have not had a true effect.
Ghazi Chaouachi: Kais Saied is not the spokesperson for all Tunisians