Tunis: Members of the National Council of Regions and Districts elected members of the Council's six standing committees at a plenary session on Wednesday.The composition of the committees is as follows:Finance and Budget Committee:Jalel KouriSamia SouissiAlaa GhazouaniAli Hsoumi BayouliMohsen Ben SalemHuda JelassiNaoures HichriHabib KhoudiAbdelhamid SouissiAkram Ben SalemSelim SalemSamir HasnaouiCommittee on Development Plans and Major Projects:Omar JaidiKhaled Ben AbdelhafidhOthman RiahiHaythem SfarMohamed SmariMohamed LkouAbdelhafidh MejriMarouene ZayenSalah HaddejiMohamed Mouez CherifSaïda ChkirHichem M'barkiCommittee on Productive Sectors:Béchir HamdaJaballah Ben SalahAbdelkrim AraoudhiaLassad SmirNéji AbdelmoomenLotfi TaherFarouk KhemiriDalel NamouchiMourad BarkeouiAymen AbidiCommittee on Services and Social Development:Sirine GzaraAhmed KetatRym Haj MohamedHaythem TrabelsiBelgacem YakoubiAli MejriKamel LahmerI brahim El HéniRafik ChennoufiMohamed Ali BahrouniFaouzia Naoui, Noureddine Akrout and Kamel Mejri failed to obtain the required number of votes to sit on the committee; they were attached to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunity and Legal Liability.Committee on Investment and International Cooperation:Mohamed Ben RejebMohamed Ayech JemaîFehmi M'barekImed ChettaouiSahbi AmeurAbderraouf KlaîBelgacem NefisBilel SaïdiHosni Houssem M'zaliMansour Smari.Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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