Representatives from Basra threaten to form a region in the province because of Shalamcheh

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[size=52]Representatives from Basra threaten to form a region in the province because of Shalamcheh[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]Representatives from Basra threatened to turn the province into a region if the federal government resorted to closing the Shalamcheh port with Iran again, waving other escalatory measures, including setting up sit-in tents at the border crossing.[/size]
[size=45]And local sources spoke of the entry of shipments loaded with vegetables and fruits through the Shalamcheh port into Basra, hours after it was stormed by protesters the night before two days, stressing that the markets witnessed a decline in prices to varying degrees.[/size]
[size=45]And the director of Shalamcheh port, Brigadier General Jassem Abdullah, published a video clip in which he confirmed that the demonstrators had left the border crossing, indicating that the process of trade exchange with Iran had resumed again.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Uday Awad said, "The recent demonstrations in Basra indicate the neglect of the citizen in the province, and it is a message to all officials in the federal government."[/size]
[size=45]Awad added, "The representatives of the province and its residents threaten that any attempt to close the Shalamcheh port again will go to erect tents for a sit-in on the main fence that separates Iraqi territory from Iran."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "Our demands are clear that foodstuffs enter the province in order to stabilize prices. If these demands are met, citizens will return to their homes to practice their normal lives."[/size]
[size=45]Awad warned, "of manipulating the feelings of the Basri citizen, and we will not accept the closure of the port again under any circumstances and there will be a dangerous escalation if the federal government resorts to such a step."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated, "The relevant ministries, especially agriculture and trade, were unable to deal with the crisis in the markets, and the solution is not to close the borders in front of imported crops."[/size]
[size=45]And Awad stated, "The issue should be dealt with on the basis of supply and demand. If we have an internal abundance of crops, we raise the price of the customs tariff in order to preserve the local product, but if the crops decline inside, we take measures that will secure the markets with this shortage." via import. Awad went on to say that "all solutions are on the table if the federal government insists on closing the port again, including the trend to establish a region."[/size]
[size=45]For her part, Basra MP Zahra Al-Bajari stated, "Basra suffers from major economic problems, even though it supplies Iraq with about 90% of the budget through oil extracted from its lands."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bajari continued, "Poverty in the province has reached advanced stages, and at a time we are suffering from the damages of oil production represented by environmental pollution and other health hazards, but all of this did not help us to provide food for citizens."[/size]
[size=45]And she stressed the necessity that "the deputies reject any measure that would starve the people of the province and will stand by the sit-ins and demonstrators at the Shalamcheh border crossing, and we support any measure that would save our public from the current situation."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bajari concluded, “The closure of the Shalamcheh outlet is an arbitrary measure, and it should remain open in order to provide food security and address the shortage in the markets, especially during the month of Ramadan.”[/size]
[size=45]In addition, the other representative of Basra, Abdul Amir Al-Mayahi, stated that "the government had received many popular warnings of a revolution for the hungry because of the continued closure of the Shalamcheh port.[/size]
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