Deputy: Parasites take advantage of Ramadan to raise prices, and it is caused by the dollar

Time: 03/22/2021 21:41:21
 
{Locality: Al-Furat News} The deputy, Aras Habib Karim, accused today, Monday, what he described as "parasites" of taking advantage of the blessed month of Ramadan to raise the prices of goods and foodstuffs.

In a statement, the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it, Karim called on the government to provide additional materials for citizens within the ration card by investing the rise in oil prices, stressing at the same time to monitor and hold accountable those who take advantage of important opportunities and events such as the month of Ramadan for manipulating prices. Food that represents the citizen's daily sustenance.

He added, "I do not think that price fluctuations where parasites seize an important occasion such as the month of Ramadan to raise the price of foodstuffs that are included in the daily sustenance of the citizen can be solved by returning the dollar exchange rate to what it was."

And "the matter is not so simple, because that would plunge us into a bigger crisis, especially with no alternative solutions available."

Habib continued, "

The local markets are witnessing an unprecedented increase in the prices of foodstuffs, vegetables and fruits with the approaching month of Ramadan.

The price of one bottle of oil reached {3} thousand dinars, after it was {1500} dinars, while the price of a bag of milk rose to {2500} after it was {1500}. Also, the price of a kilogram of sugar rose to {1500} dinars, after it was {750} Dt.

The prices of all kinds of pulses and rice increased by {750-1000} dinars per kilogram, not to mention the increase in the prices of medicines and other service goods.

The prices of red and white meat, table eggs, fish and dairy alike have risen with the approach of Ramadan.

Citizens attributed the reasons for this to "the high value of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar, in addition to the exploitation of merchants, poor economic conditions that negatively affect the citizen's income and the approaching month of Ramadan."

The Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the security services to prevent merchants from manipulating the prices of foodstuffs.

Al-Kazemi also directed the Ministry of Trade to mobilize efforts to provide the entire ration card items and to give additional rations.

A government source announced a large infusion of foodstuffs, such as oil, sugar and flour, in the ration card items.

Raghad Daham

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