Tunis: President Kais Saied, during his meeting on Monday at the Carthage Palace with Imed Hazgui, head of the Higher Committee for Administrative and Financial Control, ordered that all files in which degrees are found to be fraudulent be referred to the public prosecutor's office. During the meeting, the Head of state also ordered to speed up the preparation of the final report of the steering committee in charge of auditing the recruitment and integration in the civil service, state bodies, institutions, public companies, public shareholding companies and other public structures, which was carried out from January 14, 2011 to July 25, 2021. He also ordered the identification of all parties that did not respond to the committee's requests or provided false data in order to assume their full legal responsibilities, according to a statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic. During his meeting with Imed Hazgui, the president received the preliminary report of the aforementioned committee in his capa city as rapporteur. 'We are fighting a war of national liberation on several fronts and we will only accept victory,' the President said in a video released by the Presidency. He stressed that the determination to triumph over corruption was firm and unwavering and that cleaning up the country was 'not just a slogan, but an ongoing war with no pause and respite.' The President pointed out that those who do not fight corruption, or who collaborate with the corrupt, 'are no different from accomplices in the crime, but more than that, they are traitors and agents who are on the front lines, joining the ranks of the enemy.' He stressed that those who seek to intimidate those who expose corruption files "will not remain free from prosecution and without accountability or punishment," saying "no one is above accountability and no one is above the law. The Head of State told the head of the control body and the committee's rapporteur: 'According to the evidence, you have about 2,700 forged documents. He cited a report by the General Inspectorate which showed that the seal on the degree was not valid and that an administrative document was forged and a forged seal was used in one governorate and one sector. He added that thousands of millions have been stolen in all sectors and regions, and that he has received a dossier on the fodder sector (unrelated to the committee auditing recruitment and diplomas) related to the crime of stealing the resources of the Tunisian people. Saied noted that it was ironic in Tunisia today 'that the one who stole the people's resources and fabricated all these degrees pretends to be chaste and wants to play the role of a victim'. He stressed that the Tunisian people 'have shown an unprecedented awareness, despite the rabid campaigns paid for at home and abroad. The journey of the struggle for total liberation and the full purification of the country from corruption will continue until victory.' Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse