Deterioration of living conditions of Tunisians due to lack of gasoline and basic goods

According to the report of the International Economic Group of Fars News Agency, citing Al Jazeera, gas stations in Tunisia are full of queues of drivers who have lined up to fill their tanks, fearing that they will run out of gas due to the lack of strategic reserves and disruption in the distribution of this fuel in the market. , while the observers are afraid of the worsening of the economic crisis in this country due to the lack of basic imported goods in the second half of this year.

In the center of the Tunisian capital, chaos reigns in the streets near gas stations due to traffic disruptions and the intensification of car horns and alarms; While other stations in this area were also closed and signs were placed in French on which it was written that there is no more gasoline.

Waleed is a Tunisian citizen who says while standing in line at the gas station that the chaos of the Tunisian people is not only due to the lack of fuel and gasoline, but also that most of the basic goods, from bread to coffee and sugar, have become scarce these days.

He added: “During the past periods, Tunisians have complained about the severe fluctuations in the supply of some basic goods imported by the government, which is due to the lack of imported grains, coffee, vegetable oil and essential medicines, and finally gasoline.”

Qais Said, the president of Tunisia, always attributes the crisis of the lack of essential consumer goods to political parties that seek to inflame the situation inside, attack the government and conspire against it, and believes that by taking over the distribution methods, these parties They seek to keep the Tunisian people hungry, and yet it also emphasizes their accountability and punishment.

But Tunisian citizens are not convinced by these statements and say: It is foolish to believe that this crisis is only caused by the disruption of political parties.

A 40-year-old man who works in a private company and is the father of 3 children, says that the living conditions have become unbearable and this shows the lack of raw materials. Running out of gas and cutting off drinking water due to drought has turned people’s lives into a real hell.

Another citizen expressed his anger at the repeated lack of fuel at the gas stations and said: I don’t know where we will reach with this indifference to the people’s situation. One day there is no flour, the bakeries are closed, one day there is no milk and sugar, one day there is no gasoline, and in any case, the chaotic situation of people’s lives is not settled.

This Tunisian citizen believes that the government is far away from the concerns of the people, especially in informing the public about the reality of frequent crises in the loss of basic goods, and the reason why gas stations are mostly filled with queues of cars is that most of the drivers from the networks The community receives information about the lack of gasoline.

On the other hand, Sylvan Al-Meiri, the head of the University of Petroleum and Chemicals affiliated to the Tunisian Trade Union, told Al Jazeera: “The reason for the overcrowding of people at gas stations to buy fuel is not because of the fuel station strike, but because the strategic reserve of fuel has decreased and we are in We are waiting for its import.

Referring to the problem of providing currency for the import of basic goods in Tunisia, he emphasized that the current crisis of oil shortage will be solved with the arrival of a fuel ship in the northern port of Tunis, and it is hoped that the problem of gasoline shortage in the stations will be solved.

Moez Hadidan, an economic expert, also says that the stock of foreign currency currently amounts to 20 billion dinars (less than 7 billion dollars) and is available for about 93 days, which is less than the same period last year, and hence the concern of disruption in The supply of raw materials from abroad has intensified in the absence of funds.

He emphasized: Tunisia’s financial situation, especially considering the lack of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to receive a four-year loan worth 1.9 billion dinars, as well as the disruption of this country’s access to foreign currency financing from global markets for various reasons, including downgrading Tunisia has a credit crisis.

Hadidan emphasized: “The problem of Tunisians at the present time is not only the lack of fuel, but also the lack of medicine, the lack of drinking water, and the lack of even a packet of sugar.” These days, wherever you see the queues for people’s basic goods, you can hear the cries and shouts of the people in the queues, that these things are not in the hands of the people.

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