Tunis — In his first televised appearance since taking office, Mehdi Jomaa last week said that the government was facing a grim financial situation that required sacrifices.
"Frankly, the situation is more difficult than we thought," AFP quoted Jomaa as saying in the March 3rd television interview aired on Nessma TV and Wataniya 1. "We will have to make sacrifices... You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore us," he added.
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