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Tunisia-MP Safi Said apologizes after making derogatory comments to dual nationals

MP Safi Said presented his apologized to Tunisians with dual citizenship, ensuring that he has constantly stood on the side of human rights and national and international liberation movements during his journalistic and political journey in a post published his Facebook page.

 

Safi Said made the comments during a vote of confidence in the government of Prime Minister Habib Jemli on 10 January where made derogatory comments against   Tunisians with dual citizenship.

The comment was met with widespread condemnation, Former MP Karima Souid, who holds both French and Tunisian nationality, accused Said of “promoting divide and estrangement”.

Sociologist Vincent Geisser, described Safi Said’s comments as “gross” and said that dual nationals had played a “key role” in upholding Tunisia’s image abroad.

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