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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Elizia Volkmann

‘Let us make money’: Tunisian businesses demand radical change

Demonstrators hold national flags during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers [Zoubeir Souissi/ Reuters]

Tunis, Tunisia – Systemic change is required to tackle Tunisia’s economic crisis, level the playing field and support entrepreneurial Tunisians, small businesses have told Al Jazeera, as the country faces a tumultuous period following the approval of the country’s new constitution in a July 25 referendum.

The 2011 revolution ended Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s kleptocratic dictatorship but when Kais Saied was elected president in 2019 on an anti-corruption ticket, promising to champion Tunisians, the country was still facing profound economic problems.

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