The security forces and financial and economic elites count among them. “They are punishing the revolution and the new state with a block on investment that has now lasted years,” said Mehdi Mabrouk, an independent politician who was culture minister from 2011 until 2013. ###>Cette situation dure déjà depuis plusieurs années», a dénoncé l’intellectuel Mehdi Mabrouk, politicien indépendant et ministre de la Culture de 2011 à 2013.