Tunisia: ‘The Social State Is an Irreversible Choice’ (Head of State)

Tunis — President Kais Saied stressed that building a social state is an irreversible choice from which there can be no turning back.

During a meeting on Wednesday at Carthage Palace with Social Affairs Minister Issam Lahmar, the Head of State highlighted two “historic” pieces of legislation: one banning and criminalizing subcontracting, and another one aimed at improving the conditions of construction workers and women agricultural laborers.

He recalled that the right to work, fair wages, and…