Tunisian President Kais Saied condemned the efforts of some parties to “infiltrate the joints of the state, and the Ministry of the Interior in particular”, pledging to confront all attempts to strike or fragment the state from within by way of law.
“Let them know very well that any attempt to touch the Ministry of Interior or strike it from within will be met with more than they expect,” said Kais Saied.
After his first visit to the Ministry of the Interior, since Rida Gharslawi was commissioned to run it, the Tunisian president stressed that “there are those who have tried to break up the state, but I am confident that the Ministry of the Interior will confront them with all force so that they remain in the dustbin of history.”
He added, “There is no room for anyone who wants to employ the Ministry of Interior for his own personal ends. The Ministry of Interior is not a ministry for a party trying to be the perpetrator in secret, and these people have no place in the Ministry of Interior.”
He said that “The great danger that threatens countries is not coming from outside, it is rather coming from fragmenting the society, fighting and some situations that do not at all indicate belonging to this country.”
Saied had assigned the security advisor Rida Gharslawi to run the affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, and appointed Muhammad al-Sharif as Director-General of the relevant departments (intelligence) in the ministry, in a move aimed at strengthening the security situation in the country and preventing any infiltrations of the state security apparatus.
Tunisia is experiencing a rapid recurrence of events after exceptional presidential decisions and the changes made by President Saied in various institutions within the state, in addition to opening corruption files and prosecuting those against whom abuses have been proven during the past years.
The Tunisian president called for “a heavy blow at the hands of monopolists and speculators, and all those who manipulate the sustenance of Tunisians and suck their blood, and those who want to manipulate the public utility. We are keen to implement the law,” he added, noting that “there are those who waste energies and billions and are looking for a way out of Tunisia.”
In this regard, he said, “Today, they are looking for crooked ways to get out of Tunisia…they have billions inside and outside…We did not attack those who were not involved in cases, but those who have been charged must return the money to the Tunisian people, and reconciliation must be with the people.”
The Tunisian president affirmed his keenness to respect the law and impose it on everyone, saying, “Stop tampering with the Tunisian state, which is based on the law, and we are keen to impose the law on everyone on an equal footing.”
President Saied stresses that he took his exceptional measures based on Article 80 of the constitution, with the aim of “saving the Tunisian state.”
