Lawyers in Tunisia go on strike over austerity measures

For the second time in a month, lawyers in Tunisia have embarked on a strike to show their displeasure over new taxes and tighter fiscal controls in government’s proposed budget for next year.

The strike has also prompted the teachers union which said it was also planning a major protest as the moves are coming ahead of an important international investment conference in Tunis next week.

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Several hundred lawyers in court gowns protested outside parliament in Tunis as lawmakers debated the budget inside. “Lawyers are free … down, down with this law,” they chanted.

The strike by the lawyers is putting pressure on a government already under fire over planned austerity measures including a public sector wage freeze, higher company taxes and new taxes for the liberal professions such as law, medicine and engineering.

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