Finding effective solutions to water cuts and linking the region to the drinking water network represented the main points in the electoral programmes of two candidates, Walid El Metakl and Wadi Saed, in the El Ayaicha locality of the Belkhir delegation (governorate of Gafsa).
They promised to defend farmers’ rights so that they could obtain permits to drill their water wells.
They also pledged to highlight the region’s strong potential in order to attract investors.
Both candidates insist on the need to set up a dispensary in El Ayaicha and make public services more accessible to the locals.
Candidate Walid El Metakl expressed commitment to sort out the situation of collective agricultural lands while candidate Wadi Saed stressed the need to creating representative local councils which would be in charge of implementing local and regional development plans.
The Belkhir delegation has 19 candidates, including three women, spread across six electoral districts.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse