MP Hassan Fadlallah criticized, in a statement on Monday, “the insistence of the Central Bank on controlling the decision to legalize subsidies for oil derivatives and medicine, and the insistence of ‘darkness dealers’ from the public and private sectors, during the sacred month, on illicit profit by monopolizing fuel oil to be smuggled or sold on the black market, keeping people without electricity.”

“All our follow-ups with the concerned official authorities are being met with evading responsibility and blaming others, without any convincing answers about the reason for the presence of large quantities of diesel on the black market, and the leakage of quantities sent to the municipalities, especially in the south, to mafias to trade it at the expense of the patient people, without being deterred by any human or religious concern or national conscience,” he said.

“Despite the general weariness in state institutions, the security and judicial apparatuses bear the full responsibility for identifying those involved, including employees, companies and individuals, and prosecuting and holding them accountable regardless of their sectarian and political identity,” Fadlallah went on, stressing that “there is no way to combat monopolists and smugglers except through the state.”

“To our good people who are calling for the speedy import of gasoline and diesel from the Islamic Republic, we assure them that the quest continues to reach the desired result, and Hezbollah is making every possible effort to alleviate the suffering of the people,” the MP concluded.

Source: Al-Manar English Website