Hussein Al-Sharaa, the father of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, criticized the increase in oil derivative prices in the country.
On Thursday, the Syrian Petroleum Company raised the prices of petroleum products in the local market.
She explained that the price adjustment comes within the framework of “service sustainability management” and achieving a balance between the continued provision of petroleum products and the stability of related services, in light of regional and international changes that are putting pressure on the energy sector.
According to the new pricing, the price of a liter of 95 octane gasoline rose to $1.15, compared to $1.05 previously, while the price of diesel rose from $0.075 to $0.88 per liter, while the price of a domestic gas cylinder rose to $12.50 instead of $10.50.
The price of a liter of 95-octane gasoline rose to $1.15, compared to $1.05 previously, while the price of diesel rose from $0.075 to $0.88 per liter.
The company linked its decision to the continued global increases in oil prices and supply and shipping costs, and the repercussions related to the current regional situation and the pressures it imposes on the energy sector.
In a Facebook post, the father of the deceased discussed the consequences of these price increases and their impact on citizens' lives, specifically mentioning the rise in transportation costs and the prices of agricultural, industrial, and semi-finished products. He also noted the increased prices and costs of residential and industrial electricity, as well as medicines.
He explained that all of this is happening amidst “a decline in the purchasing power of citizens in general, both those with a known and defined fixed income and those with no income at all.”
While he said that “the state or the entities that requested the price increase may have their justifications,” he stressed at the same time that “the citizen’s livelihood and not overburdening him also have requirements.”
Regarding “keeping up with global prices in other countries’ markets,” Al-Shara’ commented: “Our income levels cannot be compared to income levels in neighboring and global countries.”
Al-Sharaa referred back to 2008 when the Assad regime government, without a “realistic study,” increased diesel prices, noting that this “led to the cessation of agricultural production of the approved crops, and consequently this was reflected in the raising of the flock of sheep and the displacement of most of the inhabitants of the Syrian Jazeera to build burlap houses in the Syrian countryside and in most governorates, in search of sources of livelihood and work.”
The Sharia states: Whoever proposes increases must be aware of the disastrous consequences that will result, because the economic and living conditions are interconnected.
This was followed, according to the father’s law, by “a shortage of green fodder, so they sold sheep and cattle at very low prices. Consequently, the price of a flock of sheep dropped to a few liras per head.”
As a result, all of this was reflected in “high levels of poverty and low access to basic needs for citizens, and from here the popular movement began, along with the accompanying rise in levels of corruption, bribery and theft, in all sectors.”
According to Sharia, the “patchwork policies we know, such as increasing salaries and then smart cards for bread, diesel and gas, all of which were the results of the regional conference of Bashar al-Assad’s party to move towards a social market economy, the concepts of which most officials in the state at that time did not know.”
Al-Sharaa concluded, “Whoever proposes increases should know the disastrous consequences that will result from that, because the economic and living process is interconnected, and any imbalance in the equations causes harm in various directions. So have mercy on these citizens who have lived for a long time, and do not increase their burdens.”
