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Between the high dollar and the rise in prices of food and raw materials, the purchasing power of the citizen collapses day after day and they panic about what will happen to price changes the next day.
Express Head of the Food Importers Union Hani Bohsali On his fear of manipulating the dollar exchange rate, stressing that we have become the law of the jungle.
Bahsali, and in an interview with the LBC, said: “We have suspicions about what is happening. We are true that we are economic institutions and we want to preserve our finances to continue, but instead we think of people. a citizen starts to buy any material, from 14 thousand pounds? “
He continued: What is happening not only suspends us, but saddens us and what we see of the scenes cries to the eyes.
Bohsali confirmed that the Makhoun is available and sufficient for a period of two months, but said: “We do not understand what is happening and at what exchange rate we must deliver the materials,” explaining that “non-delivery is a measure taken by the global markets when chaos strikes. “
Regarding the support mechanism, Bohsali stressed that it is incorrect, as it should be to support the citizen, not the merchandise, stressing that it is time to reconsider the support mechanism.
He held Bahsali responsible for what is happening to the state, and emphasized that there are major flaws in the mechanism, and these results have become more serious than them.
For his part, he saw Supermarket owner captain Nabil Fahd There is a gradual shift towards dollarization, which means that companies refuse to sell in Lebanese pounds, but in dollars.
Regarding the scenes that we saw of disputes between citizens who want to buy subsidized materials and the supermarket, he said: We try to distribute the subsidized materials fairly, but this method demonstrated its failure and clashes with citizens and there are gangs that remove subsidized materials. from the supermarket and smuggle them out from here, we think that is the responsibility of the State, specifically the Ministry of Social Affairs. It is not our responsibility
Regarding the materials lost from the market, he explained that oil, sugar and milk are the materials that are lost the most.
Regarding security measures to control exchange rate manipulation, he asked: How can an economic problem be solved through security and platform closure?
In turn confirmed Director of the Consumer Protection Department, Tariq Yunus, That works to control the monopoly of the goods present in the warehouses without exhibiting them.
He explained that these stores belong to supermarkets, wholesalers and importers.
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