Tunisia: the call of President Saïed on the fall in prices variously heard
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Hassan, fruit seller at the central market in Tunis.
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In Tunisia, the population is struggling to fill their pantries due to inflation.
Last week, the president received the employers' unions.
Kaïs Saïed has on several occasions made statements calling on companies and businessmen to make efforts on prices.
In particular, he called on those responsible for distribution circuits to "contribute to the national effort, and not to exploit this situation to speculate or increase prices" denouncing speculators.
Have the President's appeals been heard?
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correspondent in Tunis,
Charlotte Cosset
“
Let's lower the prices and allow the people to eat! We listen to what the president says!
As soon as you enter Tunis's central market, the tone is set. Here the president's announcements did not go unnoticed. Hassan, a fruit seller, has already changed his labels. “
The prices of all fruits have gone down; apples, grapes, everything… Apples for example were at 3 dinars or 2.5 dinars, today it is 2 dinars. It is obvious that people who could not buy at 3 dinars, at 2, they can. So there is more demand
. "
He approves the president's announcements.
“
It's a good thing, there will be less speculation, because it is done a lot here in Tunisia
.
Noujum came to do his shopping.
She herself has seen the evolution.
“
It's true that the prices have dropped a bit.
Before, people didn't buy anything anymore because they didn't have enough money.
They starved the people
. ”
The colorful stall of a lemon vendor at Tunis central market.
© RFI / Charlotte Cosset
A relative price reduction and not on all products.
At Anis, which sells olives and cheese, reducing prices is not yet on the agenda.
“
We are not the ones who can lower the prices.
We are at the end of a chain.
Supermarkets buy wholesale directly from the producer while I buy from an intermediary.
So I don't have a lot of room
.
"
In supermarkets that have committed to lowering prices, there are only a few promotions, but no big change in basic products.
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Tunisia: the time trial of Kaïs Saïed on the political and economic fronts
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