A fabricated gasoline crisis in Sanaa and the black market selling it for 30,000 riyals
English - Friday 12 June 2020 الساعة 11:04 am
Aden, Newsyemen:
Sanaa and the control areas of the Houthi militia, have been living for days, under the impact of a new oil derivative crisis, amid the recovery of the black fuel market.
Local residents said that most of the gas stations in Sanaa were closed suddenly, while hundreds of cars were waiting in long lines in front of the stations, waiting for the fuel.
In parallel, the prices of oil derivatives in the black market run by leaders from the Houthi militia jumped to record levels, taking advantage of the crisis posed by the militia.
A taxi driver told "Newsyemen" that he had to buy fuel on the black market and paid 25,000 riyals for 20 liters of petrol, stressing that the price of a gallon of gasoline has reached 30,000 riyals on the black market.
He accused the militias of fabricating a new crisis of fuel derivatives to sell on the black market by Houthi.
The derivatives crisis came in conjunction with great popular discontent against the background of the Houthis 'approval of the so-called "law of one fifth", which allows them to plunder 20% of Yemen's wealth and citizens' property on a discriminatory and racist basis.
Observers did not exclude that "the Houthi militia's hide of oil derivatives from the market and suddenly has a link to this issue to distract citizens", as he put it.
Earlier, the oil company controlled by the Houthi militia in Sanaa acknowledged the existence of a new crisis in oil derivatives in its areas of control.
The Economic Council of the legitimacy government accused the Houthi militia of fabricating an oil derivative crisis in its areas of control in order to strengthen the black market and renounce its agreements with the UN envoy and create human suffering and which they use to get help from international organizations.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the council affirmed that there is no interference by the government or the legitimacy Support Alliance in Yemen to allow or prevent shipments from entering Hodeidah port, explaining that the ships are subject only to United Nations inspection procedures.
The statement pointed out that the militias, with the fabrication of the new crisis, are trying to renounce their agreement with the Office of the International Envoy regarding the collection of legal fees on imports of fuel and allocate them to a temporary account in the central bank branch in Hodeidah to pay the salaries of civil servants.
