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Basra warns of "boiling" street and confirms the stability of its position: It will not apply tariff
5/6/15
Twilight News / warned Basra Provincial Council, on Wednesday, the continuation of what he called "boiling" the street because of the actions taken by the Federal Government on the tax they intend to impose on the border ports that package, noting that the fixed and will not change its position on rejected the application of federal decisions.
Said council member Aqeel al-Saadi to Twilight News, he said that "the street in Basra province in turmoil because of the measures announced by the special imposing more special tariff on border crossings taxes the federal government package", adding that "hundreds of merchants demonstrated yesterday in Basra, refusing any increase in taxes. "
He said al-Saadi said "the provincial council fears of heightened public criticism of the decisions of the federal government for imposing more taxes," pointing out that "the position of the provincial council fixed and will not that change any additional tax will not apply in Basra, unless the application in the Kurdistan region and Anbar."
Basra province has seen over the past few days out of popular demonstrations in several areas of refusing to impose new taxes for electricity and other ports.
The Council of Ministers decided to cancel the new rates for electric energy law after heightened public criticism in the majority of provinces reject the application of the law.
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