A Cabinet meeting, held Thursday in Carthage, under the chairmanship of President Kais Saied, examined draft decrees on penal reconciliation and the organisation of distribution channels for agricultural and fisheries products.

The President of the Republic underlined the need to impose prison sentences on people involved in offences related to the distribution channels of agricultural and fisheries products, so as to deal with these excesses.

During the discussion of the draft decree on criminal reconciliation, Saied stated that: “Criminal reconciliation can only be concluded with the Tunisian people; a procedure that will also take into consideration the funds that were embezzled even after 2011 and until the publication of this decree.

He stressed that those who will adhere to the criminal reconciliation and who will be ranked in descending order from the most to the least involved, must commit to financing projects in the delegations of Tunisia that will be ranked from the poorest to the least poor. Saied further explained that these projects will respond to the demands of citizens in the delegations concerned and will be owned by the state.

The Cabinet meeting examined a draft presidential decree on the creation of a management unit by objectives for the implementation of the project of promotion of agricultural sectors for the territorial development of the governorate of Zaghouan and fixing its organisation and the modalities of its functioning.

The meeting also examined a draft presidential decree adopting the statute of the agents of the Tunisian Company of Wholesale Markets (SOTUMAG) and a draft decree amending law number 72 of August 2, 2004, relating to the control of energy and another draft presidential decree amending law number 86 of July 23, 1994, relating to the organisation of the distribution circuits of agricultural and fishery products.

Source: Tap News Agency