Day: May 18, 2024

Tunis: Joint National Guard and Coast Guard units are actively searching for 23 missing people from various Tunisian regions who had taken part in irregular migration attempts ten days ago off the coast of the town of Korba (Nabeul Governorate).

These attempts were carried out on the evening of May 3 and 4, the National Guard said in a press release on Saturday.

The families of the missing had informed the coast guard authorities in Béni Khiar, in the governorate of Nabeul, of the missing on May 14-15, according to the same source.

As soon as they were informed, National coast guard units deployed all the necessary rescue resources to find the missing. The search is still underway.

Security Guard units in Korba arrested 5 people involved in organising this irregular migration operation, including two women. Two search warrants were issued in this case, including one against the organiser of the operation.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The deadline for holding the presidential election should not exceed October 23, 2024, according to the constitutional deadlines, said member of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Board Najla Abrougui.

The announcement of the official date of polling day for this election depends on the writ of election issued by the President of the Republic at least three months before the end of the presidential term, she added.

The calendar for the presidential election will be drawn up in the next few days, Abrougui told TAP on Saturday, underlining that the constitutional and legal deadlines remain open.

She explained that as the authority has full jurisdiction over the elections, even out of the electoral period (set at two months and 22 days), it will monitor anything that could question the integrity and transparency of the electoral process, and will deal with all offences and excesses, which will be referred to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, she said.

In another connection, Abrougui ind
icated that the ISIE is endeavouring to amend regulatory decision no. 2014-20 of August 8, 2014, laying down the rules for election campaign funding, its procedures and modalities, as part of efforts to combat foreign funding and suspicious funds or funds from unknown sources for individuals, political parties and media outlets.

“The grounds of professional secrecy or banking secrecy will not be accepted by the ISIE,” she pointed out, deeming that the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Financial Analysis Commission and the banks are obliged to provide all the data requested by the electoral authority as part of its work to combat suspicious funds.

The ISIE’s regional offices will begin updating the electoral register on May 20, and the ISIE will continue the automated registration process for citizens.

A new mobile application will be launched in the next two weeks to give citizens access to all election-related information and make it easier to update or check their polling place, she added.

Sou
rce: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The Military Training Center of the Sfax Air Base will receive, on May 22, the first promotion of soldiers engaged for the benefit of the Air Force, Commander of the Center, Colonel Khaldoun Achour.

Women represent between 15 to 17% of this first promotion of committed soldiers who will be trained at the Sfax Air Base, Col. Achour told journalists during a visit held by the National Defence Ministry for the benefit of a group of journalists, at this military base.

Created on December 25, 1978, this center was initially based in Bizerte, at the Kharrouba Air Base. In 2022, it was relocated in the Sfax Air Base to receive the first promotion of corporal students, who graduate in October 2023.

The center provides military and physical training for student corporals who are often be assigned to the air force, administrations and common services, the same source adds.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: Unit 14 at Sfax Air Base has the most advanced equipment and has great capabilities in training pilot officers, said commander of the Unit, Colonel Salem Rezgui,

The Staff Command and the National Defense Ministry, as part of their 2030 vision, are working to broaden the horizons of cooperation between this unit and African countries in terms of air military training, Col. Rezgui told reporters during a visit organized, on Friday, by the National Defence Ministry for the benefit of a group of journalists to this military base.

Col. Rezgui, added that cooperation agreements have been signed with several African countries whose officials have taken note of the enormous capabilities of the Air Unit, created on July 31, 1984.

The main mission of this unit is to provide basic training to pilot officers regardless of their specialty (airline pilots or fighter pilots).

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse