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Economic Committee: Houthi rebels' practices drive national economy into overall collapse

[28/05/2019 10:20]

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The Economic Committee charged managing economic hardships said Houthi militias are insisting on exploiting economic and fiscal situations in the militia controlled regions to get involved in currency speculations in the market causing national currency slide.

The committee added in statement seen by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) saying" The militia is insisting on driving national economy into total collapse, exercising blackmailing on financial institutions under weapons intimidation to justify its actions, serves its own interests; employing national currency collapse to achieve gain politically by capitalizing on the peoples' suffering, blaming the government and Arab Coalition for the deteriorated humanitarian situation".

The committee reaffirmed that the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has continued to do its job, securing foreign currency to import basic commodities of food and fuels for all traders in line with the stated regulations and conditions.

The committee called on the International Community (IC) and UN to sense their responsibility, get the militia refrain from exploiting the humanitarian crisis to gain politically.