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Tunisia president blames hatred of parliament for low turnout in elections
30/01/2023 23:50 - RSF
By Tarek Amara
TUNIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) -
Tunisia's president on Monday blamed ultra-low turnout for parliamentary elections on hatred among voters of the parliament, not to a decline in his own popularity.

The electoral commission announced that only 11.4% of the electorate had voted on Sunday in parliamentary runoffs. Critics of President Kais Saied said the empty polling stations were evidence of public disdain for his agenda and seizure of powers.

Opposition parties called Saied to resign after what they called a "huge failure", saying early parliamentary and presidential elections were the only route out of the crisis.

Saied rejected accusations, calling his critics "traitors".


"90% did not vote. ... This confirms that Tunisians no longer trust this institution. ... During the past decade, Parliament has been an institution of absurdity and a state within the state.", Saied said.

"Our popularity is greater than theirs", he added during a meeting with prime minister Najla Bouden.

Saied closed parliament with tanks in 2021, dismissed the government and started ruling by decree, a move the opposition called a coup.

He accused lawmakers of accepting huge sums of money in return for passing laws.

The newly configured parliament has had its role shrunk as part of a political system Saied introduced last year.

Many Tunisians appeared initially to welcome Saied's seizure of powers two years ago, after years of weak governing coalitions seemed unable to revive a moribund economy, improve public services or reduce stark inequalities.

But Saied has voiced no clear economic agenda except to rail against corruption and unnamed speculators, whom he has blamed for rising prices.

Unlike the previous parliament, the new one elected on Sunday will have limited powers. The formation and dismissal of governments will be in the hands of the president.

Over the past decade, parliament has been powerful and has appointed and dismissed governments. Despite the political tensions that took place in the previous parliament since the revolution, it had the ability even to dismiss the president and hold all officials accountable.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by David Gregorio)
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pietro17elettra

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Certo che se tornano alle Primavere Arabe la vedo dura che possano uscire dalla crisi.
Un’economia assistenzialistica e fragile, basata prevalentemente sul turismo e poco altro, senza profonde riforme non penso che ce la possa fare.
Speravo, egoisticamente, che un regime forte affiancato dal FMI ce la potesse fare, ma evidentemente sbaglio.
 

qquebec

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Certo che se tornano alle Primavere Arabe la vedo dura che possano uscire dalla crisi.
Un’economia assistenzialistica e fragile, basata prevalentemente sul turismo e poco altro, senza profonde riforme non penso che ce la possa fare.
Speravo, egoisticamente, che un regime forte affiancato dal FMI ce la potesse fare, ma evidentemente sbaglio.

Sono già scoppiati, ma qui si gioca tuto su un compromesso: aiuti Fmi e quindi salvataggio in cambio della testa di Saied o della sua politica. Anche l'Italia ha un'economia assistenzialistica e un debito insostenibile, ma almeno stiamo dalla parte "giusta"
 

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Tunisians struggle with prices and shortages as economy worsens
02/02/2023 15:01 - RSF
By Jihed Abidellaoui
TUNIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Tunisian street cleaner Lassad Mejri says life has grown so tough for his family because of the country's dire economy that they prepare just one meal a day, but as government finances falter, there may be worse to come.

Like many Tunisians Mejri, 57, and his wife Elgeya had already been struggling to cope with basic living costs before recent years brought the COVID-19 pandemic, rising global inflation and a crisis in state finances.

"People are no longer happy and cannot even laugh.

Everything is difficult. If you laugh now, you feel bad," said Mejri, who lives in the town of Tebourba, 30km (18 miles) west of the capital Tunis.

Mejri, his wife, and their son used to eat three meals a day. Now, Elgeya only prepares a midday meal and they only eat in the evening if there are leftovers.

Mejri spends his working days sweeping streets and pavements in Tebourba, pushing a wheeled plastic bin along with him, to earn 400 dinars ($100) a month.

"Everything has become very expensive this year, we can no longer buy anything," he said.

Tunisia has been pushing for years for an international bailout to help it stave off bankruptcy, but the country's political turmoil and disputes over economic reforms have thwarted those efforts.

Last week, ratings agency Moody's downgraded Tunisian sovereign debt, saying there was a likelihood of a default.

Shortages of some subsidised food and medicine already point to the government's economic problems, and a default would likely make things much worse by raising the cost of borrowing and undermining the dinar, which would worsen inflation.

Mejri needs medicine for a medical condition, but said he was no longer able to find it in Tunisia.

"It's not a shortage. This medicine is not here anymore," he said. He said he managed to obtain some from a woman who had imported it specially from France for her own mother.

Shortages have been seen across the country, with supermarkets and local shops out of some products or having to ration basic goods such as sugar, milk, butter and cooking oil.

Even without those shortages, a 10% inflation rate - which economists say may be 20% for food items - means many Tunisians are buying less anyway.

At a Tunis market, vegetable seller Tawfik Mselmi, 53, said he was ashamed to be demanding such high prices, but was making no profit.

"People look at the peppers and tomatoes and do not buy them. Or they buy two peppers and two tomatoes," he said.

(Reporting by Jihed Abidellaoui, writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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UN women’s rights committee to review Hungary, Georgia, Norway, Tunisia, Bahrain, Mauritania, Slovenia and Costa Rica
04/02/2023 00:09 - RSF
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UN women’s rights committee to review Hungary, Georgia, Norway, Tunisia, Bahrain, Mauritania, Slovenia and Costa Rica PR Newswire

GENEVA, 02 February 2023

GENEVA, 02 February 2023 / PRN Africa / -- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its upcoming session from 6 to 24 February, during which it will review Hungary, Georgia, Norway, Tunisia, Bahrain, Mauritania, Slovenia and Costa Rica.



The above eight countries are among the 189 States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 23 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention.



The Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will hold public meetings to review the situation of women’s rights and gender equality in the eight countries on the following dates:



Hungary

7 February 10:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 17:00 (Geneva time)



Georgia

8 February 10:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 17:00
 

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Cash-strapped Tunisia to issue bond to help finance budget
06/02/2023 16:46 - RSF
TUNIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Tunisia, suffering a financial crisis amid difficulties accessing foreign loans, on Monday launched the first tranche of a goverment bond through which it seeks to raise about $900 million to cover the budget deficit.

The central bank last week warned the government against using internal financing to cover the gap. The North Africa country is involved in protracted talks with the IMF over a $1.9 billion loan.

Tunisia seeks to raise 2.8 billion dinars ($903.28 million) from the bond subscription in its 2023 budget. It aims to collect 700 million dinars from the first tranche, which will last for a week.

No other details were immediately available.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Fra41

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Ma quindi l’Imf che intenzioni ha? Perché se da’ soldi dopo che sono saltati serve a poco… tutti sti mesi di trattative x lasciarli all’ultimo miglio! Ai paesi musulmani le derive economiche non hanno mai giovato. Vedrai che bel regime democratico arriverà nel bel mezzo di una crisi economica con default. La storia non insegna nulla…
 

qquebec

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Ma quindi l’Imf che intenzioni ha? Perché se da’ soldi dopo che sono saltati serve a poco… tutti sti mesi di trattative x lasciarli all’ultimo miglio! Ai paesi musulmani le derive economiche non hanno mai giovato. Vedrai che bel regime democratico arriverà nel bel mezzo di una crisi economica con default. La storia non insegna nulla…
Probabilmente li vogliono tenere a stecchetto finché hanno ancora un po' di sangue nelle vene per imporgli fino all'ultimo le riforme che non vogliono fare.
 

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