Tag: President Kaïs Saïed
Tunisian president prefers political survival over economic reform – US think Tank
Tunisian President Kais Saied has sapped five years in office without initiating reforms that could boost the competitiveness of the Tunisian economy, due to his ... Read More
President Kais Saied completes ‘Algerianization’ of Tunisia
Since he took power in 2019, President Kais Saied has followed an Algerian blueprint to destroy checks and balances, backtracking on Arab Spring assets that ... Read More
Tunisia’s president scapegoats minister after pilgrimage chaos
Tunisia’s president kais Saied sacked his religious affairs minister after the death of dozens of Tunisian pilgrims. At least 49 Tunisians died in unspecified conditions ... Read More
Human Rights Watch alerts to Tunisia’s authoritarian drift under President Saied
With thousands jailed for expressing dissent, destroyed checks and balances and an undermined civil society, Tunisia has backpedaled to autocracy following a crackdown on civil ... Read More
Tunisian President looks to taxes to shun IMF bailout
Tunisian President Kais Saied is set to reject IMF conditions for a $2 billion loan and looks instead to raise taxes on the wealthy to ... Read More
Tunisia: Kais Saied opposes agreement with IMF
Tunisia has been running for more than a year behind an IMF loan and its biggest partners, in particular the European Union, and the United ... Read More
Tunisia: President dissolves municipal councils
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of municipal councils, months before the municipal elections, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 ... Read More
Tunisians have lost trust in President Kais Saied – US Senator Chris Murphy says
Chris Murphy, a US democrat Senator, said that Tunisians have lost trust in President Kais Saied, while commenting on the second round of parliamentarian elections ... Read More
Tunisia: Kais Saied shakes up cabinet lineup
Tunisian President Kais Saied conducted Monday a slight cabinet reshuffle with the replacement of two ministers in the wake of an unpopular second round of ... Read More
Tunisia: Social tension mounting, difficult-to-overcome multidimensional crisis looming
The multidimensional crisis that Tunisia is going through continues to worsen day by day and social tensions are increasing amid multiple challenges including decline in ... Read More