29 July 2016
Members of the House of the People's Representatives (HPR) voted, on Friday at a plenary session devoted to investment code to change this code in an investment law, with the approval 94 deputies, four abstentions and no opposition.

HPR Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur lifted the session after the adoption of the article that defines the new investment law, its objectives and Article 2 and 3 that explain the concepts mentioned in this law such as investment, investment operation with participation, the investor, the company and the Regional development index.

The session was then lifted for the commission of conciliation to meet to discuss some articles, Article 5 that aroused a large debate on "the possibility for the investor to take possession of land farm. "

The Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation expressed, on Thursday, readiness to negotiate with the deputies, to introduce improvements on this article "for avoiding interpretations" denying that the government intends to sell farmlands to foreign investors.

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