Yesterday, Renate Scheichelbauer-Schuster, head of the trades and crafts section of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke of a “cocktail consisting of inflation, high energy costs, a shortage of skilled workers and supply bottlenecks”. Sales in 2022 were 3.5 percent lower than in the previous year, which means that the division recorded a real drop in sales for the third year in a row.
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Transition in Guinea: Aliou Bah evokes the lack of visibility in the process
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
After 8 months spent abroad, the president of the MoDeL party, Aliou Bah, returned to the country with a renewed commitment to continue the political struggle in favor of the return to constitutional order in Guinea.
This Thursday, April 13, 2023, Aliou Bah focused on the conduct of the ongoing transition in the country. According to him, the lack of visibility characterizing the unfolding of the process does not reassure the political actors and does not favor a rapid return of the country to constitutional order.
“The fact that the transition lacks visibility is worrying, because the longer it takes, the more difficult it becomes to manage. Even if we can claim achievements in terms of infrastructure, it remains a transition under an unelected authority. The Heads of State of the sub-region and the international community believe that if this transition lasts three or four years, it sends the message that we no longer need to be elected to exercise a mandate in a country.“, did he declare.
Aliou Bah points out that, two years following the army took power, no measures have yet been taken to restore constitutional order. This is why, according to him, time plays once morest the authorities of the transition.
“We wasted a lot of time on things that should have been done simultaneously. Even if there is a dialogue that concludes favorably, there are operations to be carried out within the framework of the electoral process that will be very difficult to compress. We need time to do this. Time therefore plays once morest the authorities of the transition, and therefore once morest democracy, because it is a question of the political and social stability of the country.“, did he declare.
For the success of the transition, the president of the MoDeL underlined what, from his point of view, should be a priority for the authorities.
“The electoral process is the common thread of the transition, and everything that is done alongside is secondary, because the return to constitutional order is made possible by elections. We need to set up an electoral management body, but we do not yet have a constitution or a legislative framework that allows us to have visibility on all electoral issues. Everyone knows that the three types of elections are not simple operations. We must therefore work in this direction, but all this can only be done with political will“, he concluded.
It is in makeshift shelters that asylum seekers live in front of the headquarters of the International Organization for Migration in Tunis. They took up residence there on Wednesday. The day before, the Tunisian police had dismantled their improvised camp in front of the building of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Unlike migrants, these refugees cannot return home for fear of reprisals. And have been calling for help ever since, to no avail.
” We asked [au HCR] a simple solution, but they did nothing. They [le HCR] contacted the authorities to ask for protection. But protect them from whom? Refugees who fled the war? Protect them from children? Of people seeking refuge?” asks Nasra Mohammed, a Yemeni asylum seeker.
Omar Khaled, a 17-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker, had a job since his arrival in Tunisia in November 2022. But he found himself unemployed, and on the street following the statements of the Tunisian president.
“After I was fired, I went to see the organization [le HCR] and I asked them to find a solution to my problem. I am unemployed and homeless, and I have nowhere to go. They told me they had hired a lawyer to discuss [de la situation] with the state [tunisien] to find a solution to our problems. They told me that there were many refugees who had been fired in the same way.”; he says.
While they cannot turn to the embassies of their country of origin fearing for their safety, these men and women ask to be sent elsewhere than in Tunisia.
Source: Africanews
Temuco faced destruction as an inebriated police officer barged in to loot, choking a woman in the process.
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Early Thursday, a drunk policeman was arrested for stealing a million-dollar sum of money from two gambling venues in the center of Temuco, La Araucanía region. The captured subject corresponded to a first corporal of the uniformed police, who was part of the endowment of the Fourth Police Station of New Imperial. The police officer, who was under the influence of alcohol, threatened the managers of both premises with violence, as recorded on security cameras. He even took a woman by the neck. However, the first corporal was locked up in the last place, and he began to destroy the windows and the main door to escape. The amount stolen by the police officer, prior to his arrest, exceeds one and a half million pesos in cash. Due to his actions, the first corporal of carabinieri, who was on his legal holiday, was terminated immediately by the institution.
A policeman was arrested early this Thursday following entering to steal -drunk- a million-dollar sum of money from two gambling venues in the center of Temuco, La Araucanía region, where he was locked up with no possibility of escape .
According to information from Bio Bio Radiothe captured subject corresponds to a first corporal of the uniformed police, who was part of the endowment of the Fourth Police Station of New Imperial.
In addition, it was specified that the police officer was under the influence of alcohol, when he threatened with violence the managers of both premises, all Chinese citizens, which was recorded on the security cameras, where it is observed that he even took them by the neck to a woman.
However, the first corporal was locked up in the last place, so he began to destroy the windows and the main door to escapean issue that might not be specified until the arrival of the Carabineros.
Likewise, it was reported that the amount stolen by the police officer -prior to his arrest- exceeds one and a half million pesos in cash.
Due to his actions, the first corporal of carabinieri -who was on his legal holiday- was terminated immediately by the institution.
In conclusion, the arrest of a uniformed policeman for stealing a large sum of money from two gambling venues in Temuco has shocked the nation. The incident not only highlights the issue of police corruption, but also raises concerns regarding the inadequate training and supervision of security forces. It is imperative that the authorities take stringent measures to prevent such incidents from happening in the future and to restore the public’s trust in law enforcement agencies. Hopefully, justice will be served and the victims will be compensated for their losses.