In just four days, dozens of businessmen have been arrested on charges of corruption and alleged threats to state security.
The crackdown is led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed much to the delight of the Tunisian public.
Adnen Chaouachi has more.
“In the war on corruption, there’s no choice. It’s either corruption or the state. Either corruption or Tunisia,” said Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
“I want to reassure all Tunisians that the government will see this war on corruption through to the end,” he said in his first comments since the arrests started on Tuesday.
Al-Jazeera reports that a senior official, on condition of anonymity, said that businessmen Chafik Jarraya, Yassine Chennoufi and Nejib Ben Ismail along with customs officer Ridha Ayari were arrested Tuesday “under the state of emergency” in force in Tunisia since November 2015.
