President Kais Saied chaired a ceremony marking the 71st anniversary of the assassination of Farhat Hached at the martyr’s mausoleum in the Kasbah, Tunis, in the presence of members of the martyr’s family led by his son Noureddine Hached.
The ceremony was attended by Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, members of the union’s executive committee, the Governor of Tunis and several members of the President’s cabinet.
The Head of State laid a wreath at the martyr’s tomb before reciting the Fatiha (opening verses of the Koran) in memory of the late union leader.
The President of the Republic spoke to members of the family of Farhat Hached, recalling his struggles and despair in defending the homeland and part of the history of the national trade union movement.
For his part, Noureddine Hached, son of the late trade union leader, announced during his meeting with the President of the Republic that his father’s house on the island of Kerkennah would be handed over
to the Tunisian General Labour Union to be turned into a museum for Farhat Hached, with the agreement of all his family members.
The President of the Republic went to Rades, where he inaugurated the memorial at the place where the national leader Farhat Hached was assassinated.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse