“Contrary to what is said”, according to a press release from the Presidency relayed by TAP
“As part of the exercise of its role in the consecration of social justice, the State does not give up subsidizing basic products contrary to what has been relayed on this subject”.
This is what the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, said when he received, on Thursday, the Head of Government, Najla Bouden, at the Carthage Palace, according to a press release from the Presidency relayed by the Tunis agency. Africa Press (TAP/official).
Saïed emphasized the imperative of constantly working to lower prices and specified the following: “Those who are active in raising prices or illicitly stocking certain products have designs that oppose the claims rights of the Tunisian people to work, freedom, and national dignity”.
While reaffirming his attachment to the social role of the State, Kaïs Saïed made it known that there was no room to sell public companies and establishments and that they had to be cleaned up and the causes that led to the situation in which the majority of them find themselves.
“Social justice is the very essence of stability and can only be achieved through the equitable distribution of wealth and the eradication of corruption which plagues many businesses,” he said again, according to the same source.
