Tunisia’s President Welcomes New Government With Rant

Kais Saied attends the new government swearing-in ceremony at Carthage Palace in Tunis on Sept. 2.Photographer: Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images

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By Tarek El-Tablawy, Souhail Karam and Jihen Laghmari

September 2, 2020 at 3:19 PM UTC

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Tunisia’s president on Wednesday swore in a new government that will have to confront deep-seated economic woes, but used the ceremony to launch a blistering attack on unnamed enemies that’s sure to fuel the political bickering the nation has struggled with for years.