Tunisia: President of Republic Reiterates Need to Move Quickly to Restore State’s Social Role

Tunis, Jan. 21 — President Kais Saied reiterated the need to move forward as soon as possible to restore the social role of the state, which has been abandoned since the early 1990s and worsened since 2011, at a time when the Tunisian people were demanding jobs, freedom and national dignity.

This came at a meeting he chaired at Carthage Palace on Monday attended by Prime Minister Kamel Madouri, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia and Social Affairs Minister Issam Lahmar.

The President of the…