Tunisian Finance Minister resigns
Finance Minister Houcine Dimassi announced his resignation from the Tunisian interim government today in a press statement TAP reported.
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In a press release attributed to Dimassi posted on the website of Tunisian radio station Mosaique FM, the former minister explained the reasons for his departure, citing excessive government spending, and the recent dismissal of the governor of Tunisia’s Central Bank, reported tunisialive .
“I am extremely upset by the random and unfair way the governor of the central bank, Mr. Mustapha Kamel Nabli, was dismissed, something which will have very negative repercussions on the state’s reputation and our country’s image, domestically and abroad,” said Dimassi.
Nabli was removed from his post last week by Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly. The move was made against the protest of Tunisian opposition politicians, who saw it as having a destabilizing effect on Tunisia’s economy. Nabli characterized the government’s action as a violation of the Central Bank’s independence.
In his statement, Dimassi also denounced “a sudden and excessive escalation of the states expenses in comparison with its resources,” and accused the government of not doing enough to allocate resources to the “modest classes” and to create employment.
Dimassi has not always marched in lockstep with the other members of the coalition government of which he was a member. Some observers have cited his longstanding activism within, and close ties to, the Tunisian General Labor Union, the largest organized labor group in the country, as possible reasons for the friction.
At the end of last month, Dimassi took to the airwaves of private television station Hannibal TV, alleging that the Tunisian government extradited former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi in exchange for a substantial sum of money. The declaration, yet to be confirmed, came at an embarrassing moment for interim Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, whose decision to extradite the Libyan politician was ferociously critiqued in front of the Constituent Assembly, with representatives nearly bringing a motion for a vote of no confidence to the floor.
Dimassi is the second high-level government official to resign in the past month. Mohammed Abbou left his post as the deputy prime minister for administrative reform, stating that he was unequipped to tackle the corruption he was meant to address.
He started his career as a university professor of Economics at the University of Tunis.[2] From 1988 to 1991, he served as Dean at the University of Sousse. He has attended conferences of the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme. In 2001, he wrote a report for the Tunisian General Labour Union.
On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Finance.
“I am extremely upset by the random and unfair way the governor of the central bank, Mr. Mustapha Kamel Nabli, was dismissed, something which will have very negative repercussions on the state’s reputation and our country’s image, domestically and abroad,” said Dimassi.
Nabli was removed from his post last week by Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly. The move was made against the protest of Tunisian opposition politicians, who saw it as having a destabilizing effect on Tunisia’s economy. Nabli characterized the government’s action as a violation of the Central Bank’s independence.
In his statement, Dimassi also denounced “a sudden and excessive escalation of the states expenses in comparison with its resources,” and accused the government of not doing enough to allocate resources to the “modest classes” and to create employment.
Dimassi has not always marched in lockstep with the other members of the coalition government of which he was a member. Some observers have cited his longstanding activism within, and close ties to, the Tunisian General Labor Union, the largest organized labor group in the country, as possible reasons for the friction.
At the end of last month, Dimassi took to the airwaves of private television station Hannibal TV, alleging that the Tunisian government extradited former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi in exchange for a substantial sum of money. The declaration, yet to be confirmed, came at an embarrassing moment for interim Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, whose decision to extradite the Libyan politician was ferociously critiqued in front of the Constituent Assembly, with representatives nearly bringing a motion for a vote of no confidence to the floor.
Dimassi is the second high-level government official to resign in the past month. Mohammed Abbou left his post as the deputy prime minister for administrative reform, stating that he was unequipped to tackle the corruption he was meant to address.
He started his career as a university professor of Economics at the University of Tunis.[2] From 1988 to 1991, he served as Dean at the University of Sousse. He has attended conferences of the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme. In 2001, he wrote a report for the Tunisian General Labour Union.
On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Finance.
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