Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi announced an expanded ministerial reshuffle that included sovereign ministries, and this move comes amid political tensions and economic and social crises, in parallel with the spread of the Corona virus at a high rate.
In a press conference at the government headquarters this afternoon, Al-Meshishi announced the appointment of 12 new ministers, including Minister of Interior Walid Al-Dhahabi, Minister of Justice Youssef Al-Zawaghi, and Minister of Health Al-Hadi Khairy, and three ministries, including the interior, were vacant before this amendment.
He said that the ministerial reshuffle aims to achieve more efficiency and harmony in government work, and aims to implement the government's plans after a comprehensive evaluation process for the performance of the ministers, adding that he maintained an independent government supported by a political cover with a majority in Parliament.
"The next stage will be full of challenges and economic reforms for the sake of social justice," Al-Mishishi added.
Al-Jazeera correspondent Saif al-Din Boualak reported that the amendments announced today include the abandonment of ministers affiliated with President Qais Saeed, indicating that this may lead to the development of the dispute between the two heads of the executive authority, the Meshechy and the return.
Great challenges and
said that the Tunisian prime minister is facing a fundamental challenge, which is to gain the confidence of the parliament, which is witnessing severe conflicts, in parallel with the differences that erupted in the parliamentary belt in support of the government in light of the tension between the Ennahda Movement and the Dignity Coalition against the background of the denunciation of the Speaker of Parliament and the head of the Ennahda Movement, Rashid Al-Gonchi In the coalition bloc against other deputies.
The correspondent added that, in addition to "restoring" the relationship with the President of the Republic, al-Mushashi faces another challenge no less important, which is the ability of the new ministers to manage the incendiary files entrusted to them, given that most of these names did not assume ministerial portfolios.
For its part, Reuters described Interior Minister Walid as close to the militia, who was recently dismissed after the former Wizar Tawfiq Sharaf al-Din, who is affiliated with President Qais Saeed, in a step that confirms the tension between the two heads of the executive authority in the country, according to the agency's expression.
Prior to the announcement of the cabinet reshuffle, he met with Saeed, who stressed the need not to be subject to any blackmail or bargaining with regard to the government change, and he also stressed that those involved in corruption cases would not be appointed until the judiciary had not been decided.
It is noteworthy that the current government headed by al-Mashishi won the confidence of Parliament early last September, and until this amendment, the Ennahda Movement (54 deputies), the Heart of Tunisia Party (29 deputies), the Dignity Coalition (18 members), and other smaller parliamentary blocs.