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Specialists (range): one billion dollars for disabling the capital
On: Tuesday 3/4/2012 8:51
Baghdad / Ahmed Abed Rabbo,
as much as an economist size of the losses suffered by the country due to the Arab summit in Baghdad, two billion dollars. The economist said Majid picture (range): The size of the losses suffered by the country's economy due to the actions taken by the Government on the summit Arabic in Baghdad from the closure of markets and roads for a period of ten days.
Pointing out that it exceeded the barrier of two billion dollars, indicating that these actions were improvised was not taken into account the negative consequences as a result disabled public life for a week in the country.
and added the picture: The number of workers in the country from the public and private sectors an estimated 10 million workers and per capita income may exceed the the $ 20 that resulted in the loss of an estimated two billion dollars due to this total deactivation, as well as the amounts disbursed by the state as receivables for the summit, which exceeded the $ 500 billion according to official statements.
He pointed to the existence of the loss of a large tradition of work in the country, explaining that the latter consumes more than to produce, stressing the need to create a work area of industrial and issue the necessary laws to promote economic development and getting rid of sagging and unemployment exist.
so called deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed to the need for the enactment of the special holidays, describing her danger to the national economy in general.
said Saleh (range ): The most of the world determine the holidays during the year the law, not to mention the circumstances in which you get such as natural disasters or wars, which requires including the Declaration of holiday for a certain period.
in the meantime confirmed member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Nahida Daini to withstand the country's economic loss as a result of the procedures followed by the government during the Arab summit in Baghdad, pointing out that the casualty figures announced by the government is not realistic.
said Daini (range) that this disruption was overshadowed by a negative impact on standards of living for low income through rising food prices due to Alqtoat exposed its streets, indicating that the domestic market are affected by political events associated with markets nearby, as well as disable mobile phones, which included most of the governorates of Iraq.
She Daini: increased holidays affecting the economy is very large because most of the citizens live below the poverty line.
and called on the Government to take into account these poor pointing to the need to take into account the development of plans that can and deliberate during their country to such an occasion.
to the head of the Securities Abdul Razzaq al-Saadi's (Baghdadi News) that the organization of public holidays should they occur disruptive economically to investors in special but the subject is not within the economic priorities of the government, "he said.
said Saadi, that disabling the economic activities because of the holiday adopted by the government because of the Arab summit is an exceptional case may occur in another country. "
The markets have witnessed a Baghdad remarkable increase prices of fruits and vegetables prior to and during the conference Arab summit as a result traffic jams growing that disrupt traffic and frequent holidays, and the implication to impose a curfew before the summit is increased public demand to the purchase and storage in case of any emergency.
expressed citizens in different parts of Baghdad, their resentment of the high prices of fruits and vegetables, despite the start of spring, which usually lower prices through the increased domestic production, accusing the government not to set economic policy in the country.
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