The head of the Federation of Employed Trade Unions in North Lebanon, Captain Shadi Al-Sayyid, issued a statement criticizing the continued rise in fuel prices in Lebanon, despite the decline in the price of a barrel of oil globally. Al-Sayyid held the government responsible for the “chaos” prevailing in the country due to the inability to regulate prices and combat monopoly.
Al-Sayed explained that the government had made promises to increase the amount of 300 thousand liras for the benefit of the public sector and control the price of diesel, but it did not adhere to those promises, in addition to the complete absence of price control. He called for implementing a daily pricing mechanism for fuel, so that it is directly linked to international prices, as was the case in the past.
He also stressed the importance of the Ministry of Economy and the State Security Agency tracking violators and monopolists who stockpile goods and cause crises within the markets. He described some merchants as “infidels” because of their insistence on plundering people’s money using “shameless” methods, stressing that they will not remain silent regarding these actions.
