Tunisia-Sit-in of unemployed doctors: Presidency of Republic vows to follow up file

Speaking to the TAP agency, member of the negotiation commission on the file of doctors currently in a sit-in at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Slimane Selmi affirmed that the Presidency of the Republic is committed to follow up the file of unemployed doctors and to coordinate with the administration side and the General Secretariat of the Tunisian General Labour Union on the negotiation process.

He added that the representatives of the protestors offered at a meeting yesterday with the advisor to the presidency of the Republic, Moez Wertani, the argumentative points in their discussions with the supervisory authority and the “realistic and applicable” resolutions they had suggested.

“We claim our right to operate as well as the rationalisation of public funds through a sound management of overtime, the budget of which can be devoted to the recruitment of unemployed doctors whose number is between 3,500 and 4,000 people,” he said.

He said that the Presidency of the Republic has accepted the legitimacy of the protest movement of unemployed doctors, and pledged to work towards resolving this issue.

In this context, he called for the recruitment of doctors of all specialities instead of secondary school teachers.