Tunisian President Cais Said denied the information spread by the opposition about his illness. Agency reports Tunisia African Press.
According to the president, those who spread rumors about his illness are trying to cause a crisis. He expressed this in a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Buden Romdan at a palace in Carthage.
“They diagnosed the disease, prescribed medications, and presented numbers and tests without my knowledge. The power vacuum is only in their heads,” he said.
The capital’s prosecutor instructed to open criminal proceedings against public administrators on social networks that spread information about the health of the country’s president.
Former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell expression The European Union’s fears that “a social or economic collapse in Tunisia” will lead to a new influx of immigrants to Europe.