Tunisian President: I have a list of the names of those who looted the country’s money, and this is what we will do with them

Tunisian President Kais Saied said, this evening, Wednesday, that he has a list of names of those who stole the country’s money that should be returned to the people through a penal settlement.

This came during the Tunisian President’s meeting with Samir Majul, President of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts.

Saeed revealed that the names of those who looted the country’s money amounted to 460 people, and that they are required to pay the amount of 13,500 billion.

The Tunisian president, who relied on reports issued by the National Commission of Inquiry on bribery and corruption, stressed the need for these people to carry out penal reconciliation, stressing the need to return these funds to the Tunisian people, he said.

Said said, “Businessmen must pledge, within the framework of the penal settlement, to carry out projects in all delegations of the country… The businessman most involved must undertake projects in the poorest region.”

The Tunisian president added, “These projects are not investment. They are development projects for the benefit of the people. We will not imprison anyone who has restored the right of the Tunisian people.”

Said stressed,

“Whoever wants to destroy the documents in any administration will bear the responsibility, and the important thing is that this money goes back to the Tunisian people.”

He pointed out that based on a presidential order to be issued later, the looted funds that will be recovered will be allocated to the benefit of the disadvantaged parties in a descending order with each of the concerned businessmen who resort to reconciliation within the framework of the penal reconciliation, which the President of the Republic had announced.
Important decisions

The Tunisian president’s statements come after a series of exceptional decisions following the freezing of parliament, as he launched a campaign to dismiss the head of the national television, Mohamed Lassad Al-Dahash, from his position, and Awatif Al-Dali was assigned to run the Tunisian Television Corporation temporarily.

He also issued a second presidential order, establishing an operations command to manage the novel coronavirus pandemic that causes Covid-19.

Over the past few days, Tunisia has witnessed very important political developments, coinciding with the 64th anniversary of the proclamation of the republic, which began with protests caused by a political crisis between the government, the president and parliament, and ended with decisions issued by the Tunisian president after his meeting with military and security leaders.

The decisions included relieving the head of government from his post, freezing parliament for 30 days, lifting the immunity of all its members, and the head of state assuming the presidency of the public prosecution and the executive authority.