Representatives and specialists: the curfew reduced the income of the poor classes by 70%

[size=52]Representatives and specialists: the curfew reduced the income of the poor classes by 70%[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]He did not end the easing of the curfew measures, the suffering of those with middle incomes, so waiting for Mazen, the owner of a clothing store in Bab Al-Sharqi, is racing against time and sometimes he is forced to sell at very low prices to secure his family's needs during the two days of the total ban.[/size]
[size=45]Muhammad closes his shop on Fridays and Saturdays - which are considered peak days - due to the curfew measures, and Mazen has previously committed to merchants to dispose of their goods, so he is struggling to fulfill his obligations with the merchants and secure his family's sustenance. He says to Al-Mada: "They fear the citizen from the virus, and they are not afraid of hunger and the accumulation of debts and rents." He adds that "the curfew has affected our work in a very large way. Nobody feels that we are the winners."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the head of the Parliamentary Labor, Social Affairs, Immigration and Displacement Committee MP Raad Al-Dahlaki said in an interview with Al-Mada that “Iraq lacks an institutional state and an economic vision,” indicating that “the poor and middle class have been greatly affected by the curfew as the percentage of damage has reached what Not less than 60 to 70%. " The Supreme Committee for Health and Safety announced last February, imposing a comprehensive curfew on Fridays and Saturdays every week, starting February 18, 2021, while the ban will be partial on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from nine o'clock in the evening.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Dahlaki added that "the citizen lacks even a livelihood in many areas, as there is no real and realistic economic vision and economic foundations." Al-Dahlaki explains that his committee has called on the government, since the start of the ban, to "distribute the sums to the poor classes, increase the salaries of employees whose salaries do not exceed 600,000 dinars, and give an increase in the grants of social welfare and distribute foodstuffs regularly and periodically to help stabilize the situation."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the specialist in economic affairs, Safwan Qusay, said, in an interview with (Al-Mada) that "the Iraqi economy has been greatly affected as a result of the curfew, especially at the level of oil, as Iraq's revenues have decreased by not less than 20%."[/size]
[size=45]Qusay notes that "the percentage of damage caused by the curfew reaches more than 25% in the general community." He adds that "the low level of consumption for families affected the sales of wholesalers and retailers, as the percentage of sales decreased significantly." The specialist in economic affairs went on to say, "With the presence of the vaccine and the procedures of the Ministry of Health, it is possible to reconsider the issue of the curfew in order to return life to its previous state.[/size]
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