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Tunisia opposition slams austerity measures imposed by IMF

Sunday, 16 October 2016 2:33 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 16 October 2016 2:35 AM ]

Tunisians wave their national flag and flags bearing the portrait of assassinated left-wing opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, as demonstrators shout slogans against the current Ennahdha Islamist party leader in front of the court in Tunis on June 17, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Adnen Chaouachi
Press TV, Tunis

Tunisian opposition parties have rejected the new austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund as part of a bailout deal. Tunis is coping with a surge in refugees from neighboring Libya and an exodus of its young men heading for Syria to fight for foreign-backed terrorist groups. The north African country has seen its revenues collapse after the vital tourism industry was hit hard by fallout from a series of terrorist attacks. Adnen Chaouachi reports from Tunis.

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