The President of the Republic, Kais Saied, clearly expressed his desire to influence the financial policy of the State towards more social justice.
By receiving, yesterday, at the Palais de Carthage, the head of the government, Sarra Zaafrani Zenzeri, and the Minister of Finance, Mechket Slama Khaldi, the head of state defended a budgetary approach centered on the needs of the Tunisian people, far from the logic imposed from the outside.
Decades of debt policies deemed sterile
In a press release disseminated by the presidency, Kais Saied called to define budgetary balances on the basis of “typically national choice”, and not according to models dictated by international financial institutions.
In this regard, he urged to give priority to the social component in the conception of public policies, believing that Tunisians today pay “a heavy price” for guidelines that have aggravated poverty, including within the educated and qualified categories of the population.
“Many credits have been granted to Tunisia against overwhelming interests, without a real benefit being felt by the national community,” he deplored, denouncing decades of debt policies deemed sterile.
Reopen the door to public recruitments
In a speech that is both economic and political, the president pleaded for the regularization of blocked professional situations, born, according to him, exclusion policies.
He also gave his instructions to reopen the door to public recruitments in several sectors, a sign of a change of orientation compared to the freezing of hires in the public service imposed in recent years.
Warning against any breach on the part of public officials
In addition, Kais Saied insisted on the need for effective administration, aligned with state priorities. He warned against any breach or obstruction of public officials, claiming that it is no longer acceptable to hide behind false pretexts so as not to ensure the services due to citizens.
Referring once again to the idea of a “deep state” hampering the functioning of the institutions, the president called for this “easily discernible” parallel system to be definitively dismissed. “There is only one and only state, the one whose institutions come from the free choice of the people,” he said.
