The new Tunisian Interior Minister, Tawfiq Sharafeddine, pledged today, Sunday, to impose security and not allow anyone to prejudice the prestige of the state, stressing that eradicating terrorism from its roots will be one of the most important priorities of his ministry.
Sharafeddine added, in statements from the city of Kairouan, that "the application of the law will have no exceptions, and rooting out terrorism and continuing to combat it by the security forces will be among the priorities of the ministry's work, which is close to ending its presence in Tunisia."
He added that imposing security throughout Tunisia aims to spread peace among citizens, and that the Ministry of Interior will not allow anyone to harm the prestige of the state.
The minister affirmed that the security establishment has achieved world-renowned successes, "and there is not much left in this field. I expect that we will reach impressive results."
The Tunisian minister's statements come in light of a severe political crisis and widespread popular frustration in the country, since President Kais Saied began taking a series of exceptional decisions.
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Sharaf al-Din is one of the ministers close to Saeed, and former Prime Minister Hisham al-Mashishi had dismissed him from the previous government on January 5.
Al-Mashishi did not reveal the reasons for dismissing Sharaf al-Din at the time, but media reports explained this by the minister's dismissal of a number of senior cadres of the Ministry of Interior, without informing the prime minister.
On October 11, a new government headed by Najla Boden was sworn in before President Saeed, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the Arab countries.
Saeed began, since last July 25, a series of exceptional decisions, including the dismissal of Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi, provided that he assume the executive authority with the help of a government that appointed its president, freezing the powers of Parliament, lifting the immunity of its deputies, abolishing the constitutionality control body of laws, and issuing legislation by presidential decrees. and chairs the Public Prosecution Office.
The majority of political forces reject Said's decisions, and consider them a "coup against the constitution", while other forces support them, seeing them as a "correction of the course of the 2011 revolution."