Tunisian president Saied calls for changes to central bank law
Tunisian president Kais Saied called for the law governing the central bank to be amended on February 22nd, reported Reuters.
Saied said in a meeting with the governor of the central bank, Zouhair Nouri, that “it is time to change the 2016 law” that gave the bank power over monetary policy, reserves and gold.
He added in a video published by the presidency that “we want a national central bank, not as others wanted it based on dictates from abroad.”
Reuters
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