TUNIS – Fakher Al -Fakhbakh, Governor of Sfax, south of Tunisia, to close Facebook, with the escalation of criticism against him against the background of the environmental situation in the state, has caused great controversy.
On Wednesday evening, the governor called on a video published on social networks, Tunisian President Qais Saeed, to close the Facebook site, and to only meet the radio to receive data.
During an emergency meeting at the state’s headquarters, the governor accused the disaster faculty of some parties without calling them to fuel the situation against the background of a fire that broke out in my time of waste time.
Although the governor went out to clarify his position through a post on his official website on Facebook, his statements sparked a lot of controversy and criticism.
The governor said that he did not intend to close Facebook, but rather some pages that raise sedition and rumors, adding, “I want to show that I mean the owners of pages that do not respect the communication charters and virtual friendship that transmit chaos and lies and repeat the malicious rumors. ”
The regional authorities in the city of Sfax revealed that they had launched urgent measures to confront the aggravating environmental crisis due to the accumulation of waste several months ago.
Sfax has been facing more than a year ago from the spread of garbage and its accumulation in the streets due to the closure of the main estuary in the region in the scorpion area after protests from the people and the issuance of judicial rulings supporting them, while the state did not reach an alternative escape due to the refusal of the people in the rest of the regions.
The city witnessed the spread of unpleasant odors in many streets with the piles of garbage piles on the sidewalks, while the health authorities in the region warned of the seriousness of the crisis and their health and environmental repercussions on citizens in residential neighborhoods.
A massive fire broke out in a random dump on the port road, which caused a thick smoke spread throughout the city, and residents in several neighborhoods suffered from breathing difficulties.
While the Regional Labor Union in Sfax called for a protest in front of the state headquarters to pressure the regional authorities.
The garbage transport trucks began with cleaning operations in a number of streets, but the situation is still bad according to several certificates.
The Governor of Sfax confirmed that he is seeking to reach today’s agreement with an Italian company specialized to solve the waste crisis.
While the files file doubled the accumulated environmental problems in Sfax due to polluted gases emitted by factories in the region..
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