President Kais Saied chaired on Monday a working meeting at Carthage Palace to discuss the reasons for the delay in the implementation of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital project in the city of Kairouan.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani, Advisor to the President of the Republic Mustapha Ferjani, Minister of Health Ali Mrabet, Minister of Public Works and Housing Sarra Zaafrani Zanzari, Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic for National Security Abderraouf Atallah, Governor of Kairouan Mohamed Bourguiba and Rejab Aroud, CEO of the Agence foncière d’habitation (AFH).
The President said this delay deprives many citizens of their legitimate right to health and treatment and damages the credibility of the Tunisian state.
He also stressed that the pretexts of studies, technical aspects and other “flimsy reasons” are no justification. Saied added that the continuation of studies from 2017 to the present day is unacceptable. “The funds are allocated, but each time a study is completed, it is replaced by a second study, to be followed by a third, and there is no real effect of any achievement.”
A number of other projects carried out in the framework of bilateral cooperation, which had been fully completed but remained closed under the pretext of connection to water distribution networks, electricity or sanitation, were also raised.
The President of the Republic stressed the need to speed up the implementation of a number of projects and to hold accountable all those who are working to disrupt their completion, whether within state institutions or from pressure groups that see public utilities as a threat to them or damaging to their interests.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse