Yesterday, 4 Tunisian parties objected to new appointments announced by President Kais Saied in 4 governorates, while the Tunisian General Labor Union revealed that its Secretary-General, Noureddine Tabboubi, had been threatened with death.

Three parties, the Democratic Current, the Ettakatol for Labor and Freedoms, and the Republican Party, issued a joint statement, while the Free Constitutional Party issued a separate statement.

The objection comes after Said issued orders to assign new governors in Medenine, Ben Arous, Sfax and Gafsa.

Days before that, he dismissed the governors of Sidi Bouzid and Kebli, who are being pursued by judicial authorities, as well as dozens of state agencies and diplomatic missions.

sole judgment

And the statement of the three parties stated that "the singularity of government led to the adoption of appointments based solely on loyalty and engaging in the president's jelly project without regard to competence, as confirmed by the recent list of governors."

The statement added that these labels "threaten the work and efficiency of the state, perpetuate the mentality of opportunism, spoils and flattery, and deepen the gap between the state and its citizens."

In turn, the Free Constitutional Party said that the new designations represented "a return to the square of appointments with loyalties, favoritism and control over the joints of the administration."

In its statement, the party also condemned "the president of the existing authority's use of all the powers gathered in his hands to establish an administrative and political system in the service of his personal project, instead of focusing on providing solutions to the accumulated economic, social and financial problems."

Since his announcement of exceptional measures and the suspension of most articles of the constitution on July 25, Saeed pledged that combating corruption would be a priority in the work of Najla Boden's government.

death threat

Meanwhile, Ghassan Al-Gosaibi, the media spokesman for the Tunisian General Labor Union, said that the Secretary-General of the Union, Noureddine Tabboubi, was exposed on Sunday to an explicit threat of death and liquidation in a popular cafe near his residence south of the capital.

And he added in a post on Facebook that "the threat came from a person who went to him directly in a public space and swore that he would kill him soon in front of everyone. He is the same person who went last year to the Secretary-General's house and threatened to commit suicide. The process was repeated again, knowing that it was just a while ago." He was stopped by the security forces.

general strike

In a related context, the governorate of Sfax - the country's economic lung - is heading to engage in a general strike in protest against the waste crisis that has accumulated for more than two months.

The Secretary-General of the Sfax Regional Labor Union, Youssef Al-Awadni, said on Sunday that the date of the general strike will be decided in the coming hours.

Al-Awdani attributed the decision to strike to the authorities' ignoring the accumulation of waste in a way that threatens an environmental and health disaster in the governorate, which ranks second largest in the country in terms of population.

The crisis began with the closure of a estuary in the city of Aqrab in the governorate, after a judicial decision was issued in this regard, following repeated protests from the people, and this led to the random accumulation of waste in the streets for weeks.