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(Daesh) and weak oversight of grants "warlords" of $ 2.5 billion and crises "mortgaging" the lives of Iraqis
Author: AB, ASJ, HH
Editor: AB, HH 9/17/2016 11:05 Number ofViews: 1564
Editor: AB, HH 9/17/2016 11:05 Number ofViews: 1564
Term Lierse / Baghdad
"Misfortunes of some people the benefits of" the principle of traders took advantage of what the country has experienced crises after the control of the organization (Daesh) on large parts of them in June of 2014, and not to impose government restrictions on imported goods, investigators profits exceeded 2.5 star billion through monopoly on basic goods and merchandise, to offset citizens to "austerity and rationing 'needs.
The organization (Daesh) may impose its control over the city of Mosul, Nineveh province, in the (June 10, 2014), and seized the security headquarters where and its airport, and released hundreds of detainees, which led to he married hundreds of thousands of families of the city to the neighboring province of areas of Kurdistan , also extended activity (Daesh), to the provinces of Anbar, Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Diyala, before it is released with the exception of the city of Mosul, which awaits its editorial operations.
Wars dealers
Financial advisor to the Prime Minister, says the appearance of Mohammed Saleh in an interview with (long-Presse), "Some traders took advantage of the control of the organization (Daesh) on a number of cities after the tenth of June of the year 2014, and the subsequent battles against the organization in the northern and central regions of the country , monopolizing goods and storage, especially of goods that affect the lives of citizens, such as medicines and food for removable storage as well as spare parts, "describing those traders to" warlords ".
He adds Saleh, that "wars traders were able to impose their control over some Iraqi market joints clearly during that period, which led to the rise in some food prices such as rice, sugar and other other materials," stressing that "some goods monopoly at the time, causing high prices goods are generally about 4%. "
Monopolists profit exceeded the $ 2.5 billion since June 2014
He says a member of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce Faisal Mhas in an interview with (long-Presse), said that "Iraq's economy liberal who does not impose restrictions on imported goods, opening the door for traders to import large quantities of various goods, storage, preparation for pumped after a scarcity in the market, which enabled them to the collection of outrageous profits. "
It reveals Mhas, that "the profits of those traders since June 2014, and until mid-August of the year 2016 amounted to more than $ 2.5 billion," stressing that "those profits stopped after taking the government late actions, which contributed to plunge the markets to commodities."
He sees Mhas, that "these actions have helped somewhat the stability of the market, but did not solve without the continuation of some traders of manipulating the prices of goods," returned "The Iraqi market is still living a kind of confusion, despite the attempts of government control, because of Iraq's dependence on import as one of the biggest consumer in the world, making him stagger influenced by any security on its borders. "
The face of "greed" to "rationing"
He says taxi driver Aqeel al-Musawi, who lives in the municipal area, east of Baghdad, in an interview with (long-Presse), "The fighting al (Daesh) did not cause disrupt the security situation in Baghdad, but also spread to the markets, after traders took advantage of the deteriorating security situation to raise prices of goods, especially food and essential, as well as construction materials, electrical materials, which called on citizens to ration their needs. "
For his part, owned by Hassan Khalifa says it is displaced from the district of Tall Afar, west of Mosul, the capital of Baghdad, said that "assistance to be provided to the displaced by the provincial council and residents as well as humanitarian organizations, is insufficient," noting that "a large number of displaced families did not live within the camps and rented houses in the capital. "
Khalifa adds, that "those families faced a fate difficult because of the high cost of food prices and other goods, especially as breadwinners of those families are now earning their livelihood on a daily basis."
In turn, says Abu Fahd al-Bayati, who owns a shop selling food, the center of Baghdad, in an interview with (long-Presse), said that "some traders from the weak-minded people took advantage of the crisis in the country after the control of the organization (Daesh) on large parts of the Iraqi provinces, stores some goods and fired after being run out of the market and prices are high, under the pretext of the lack of outlets for the entry of goods. "
Sees al-Bayati, said: "Those traders are still investing times of intensified battles against (Daesh) resorting to hoarding in anticipation to reap additional profits by taking advantage of the needs of citizens."
Government measures
According to Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Walid sweet in an interview (range Press), "The ministry has taken measures to prevent the monopoly of goods and exploitation of citizens through the conduct of inspection teams tasked with monitoring prices and traders tasks, as well as to facilitate the granting of import licensing procedures and open additional outlets border in central and southern Iraq." , he returned to "those actions contributed to the lack of price inflation and maintain a balance in supply and demand within the market."
For his part, a source in the fight against economic crime in the Ministry of the Interior Department, that "the Directorate has deployed more than 250 mobile squad to monitor the market," noting that "those teams succeeded diagnosis of a number of confusing and damaging the country's economy cases, by adjusting monopolized traders in Baghdad and a number of provinces. "
It adds the source, who asked not to be named, said in an interview to the (long-Presse), that "the provinces controlled by witnessing certainly a monopoly for certain goods because of the lack of control and the difficulty he arrived."
According to a free market economy, the law of Isale about these things and trade at the moment is open, there is no law to regulate trade as it was in the past, before 2003, in light of the economic blockade, as the law Traders punished because of the irony in prices, but now there is no such a law is needed the merchant can not activate such a law, therefore, depends on the market today regarding the moral and national aspect to these crises plaguing the country.
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