Between the Social Approaches of the President of the Republic and the Media Performance of Some Members of the ARP and the Cnrd
There is a significant effort to be made in terms of media coverage of the development projects implemented under the daily supervision of the Head of State. Fortunately, Tunisians are aware of what their President is preparing for them, as a man who scrupulously respects his promises and anticipates their expectations before they are expressed.
What to Do When a Deputy Makes a Damaging Statement?
The press asks what to do or how to react when a deputy does not hesitate to utter a devastating phrase, stating that "a finance law that does not open the doors to employment is a law doomed to fail on the social level, and a budget that does not prioritize employment is a crippled budget." We question and await the response from the same deputy to know if he speaks on behalf of his parliamentary bloc or expresses a personal position on what President Kais Saied calls the social state every day. This means that the state's primary objective is to provide the Tunisian citizen with the right to dignity through access to decent employment and a pleasant living environment where they can breathe the air of freedom, for which thousands of patriots have given their lives and made the dearest sacrifices.
A Series of Sensational Statements
On the occasion of the joint meeting of the finance and budget committees of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) and the National Council of Regions and Districts (Cnrd), dedicated to examining the execution of the state budget for 2025 until the end of September 2025 and the expected results at the end of 2025, we were treated to a series of sensational statements, the most spectacular of which was the refusal of the Minister of Finance to attend the meeting to respond to the questions and observations of the deputies from both chambers.
The Minister of Finance Speaks Out
And one of the most media-covered deputies crudely denounced the minister's absence in a daily newspaper, while the La Presse newspaper on Wednesday, October 29, devoted an exhaustive half-page article to the employment program planned by the government in the 2026 budget project for young people whose unemployment has lasted too long, holders of doctorates, and construction workers whose situation has not yet been regularized. Ms. Michket Slama Khaldi, Minister of Finance, speaks, among other things, of the regularization "of the situation of 10,000 substitute teachers and 12,000 construction workers." She insists, in the same context, on the forecasts contained in the 2026-2030 five-year development plan (see the article by our colleague Lassaâd Ben Ahmed on page 4 of La Presse on October 29, 2025).
The President's Merit
And when Tunisians discover that their deputies unfortunately provide them with false data, going so far as to deny the presence of the minister within the Bardo Palace, they can only rely on the President's speeches, whose essential merit is to show the people that there is still much to be done for current officials (including those who make daily praise of the July 25 process their main or even exclusive occupation) to access the militant culture advocated by the President day and night. This culture is the only way for Tunisia to achieve its legitimate ambitions for equitable development and shared progress in an atmosphere where national decision-making sovereignty and freedom are consecrated in all their forms, far from personal calculations, partisan agendas, and illicit ambitions of certain parties that have sold themselves to foreigners and pursue their low maneuvers, which even their financiers and sponsors no longer hesitate to publicly denounce, simply because they no longer need their services.
