(CNN) -- A group of prostitutes has called on the Tunisian government to reopen a brothel in the coastal resort town of Sousse, after a court ruling shut it down more than a year ago. A delegation from the sex workers met with the vice president of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly, Meherzia Labidi, on Tuesday to appeal for her help. They handed over a petition signed by 120 women calling for the brothel to open for business once more, in a meeting filmed by Tunisian radio broadcaster Mosaique FM and shared with CNN Arabic. Labidi, of Tunisia's Islamist party Ennahda, which holds a majority of seats in the assembly, told the sex workers that deciding whether to reopen the brothel was up to the Ministry of Interior but that she would do what she could to help them.
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Prostitutes hand over a petition appealing for the Sousse brothel to reopen
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The brothel was closed down by a court order around 16 months ago
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Veiled official says she will do what she can to help the women sex workers
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Prostitutes say they're suffering major financial hardship because they can't work
The head of the delegation told @placeholder, "There is no problem.