Politics

Tunisia-Rached Ghanouchi calls for union

Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party, checks his ballot behind a booth at a polling station in Ben Arous near the capital Tunis on May 6, 2018, as the country votes in the first free municipal elections since the 2011 revolution. - Tunisians head to the polls on May 6 in what is seen as another milestone on the road to democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, despite muted interest in the poll as struggles with corruption and poverty continue. Though parliamentary and presidential votes have taken place since the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, municipal polls have been delayed four times due to logistic, administrative and political deadlocks. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

House speaker of the House of people representatives Rached Ghannouchi announced on Friday, December 11, 2020, that Tunisia is going through a crisis like other nations of the world.
Referring to the situation in parliament, Ennahdha movement leader said that there is surely a challenging situation, characterised by various problems, but that there are positive indicators. In this sense, he evoked that the finance bill for 2021 was approved despite the disputes that took place between several parliamentary blocs.

Speaking on the Hannibal TV channel, he emphasised that thanks to this finance law more than 10,000 unemployed young people will be hired pending the recruitment of other unemployed people next March.

Ghanouchi indicated that state institutions operate together, quoting the police, the national army, justice as well as the three presidencies, specifically, that of the Republic, that of the government and parliament. In addition, he hailed the efforts made by the whole medical profession to deal with the health crisis due to the coronavirus.