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[00:00:04] We call them patchwork
[00:00:08] even though I am not
[00:00:26] mechanism of work.
[00:00:35] again, to avoid a
[00:00:39] Welcome, viewers, to a new episode is difficult. Through sudden oil price increase of Syria Today. In the first segment,
[00:00:43] we will discuss Minister of Energy Mohammed Al-Bashir's explanation of the fuel crisis,
[00:00:46] the ministry's problems, and the obstacles facing
[00:00:49] its work during a hearing before the People's Assembly.
[00:00:53] groundwork for its implementation. Will he succeed in convincing protesters
[00:00:56] of the reasons for the price increases?
[00:00:59] that concern the Syrian We will also discuss, in the second segment,
[00:01:01] statements by some clerics in
[00:01:03] the role of Friday sermons and on
[00:01:04] where. The success social media platforms
[00:01:08] energy researcher from Banyas. following official events. Are their orientations
[00:01:10] I start with you, consistent with the Ministry of Endowments' approach, or do they fall under
[00:01:14] the category of freedoms? In the last segment,
[00:01:17] we will discuss American warnings of a potential rapid escalation
[00:01:21] is perhaps considered in the Middle East amidst Houthi attacks on
[00:01:24] Saudi Arabia. What are the regional considerations for Houthi attacks on
[00:01:28] Riyadh and the escalation?
[00:01:40] you. Good evening, Ms.
[00:01:45] took over, you
[00:01:53] to put in one
[00:01:55] lira and get one
[00:02:05] Minister of Energy Mohammed Al-Bashir said during a hearing
[00:02:08] in the People's Assembly that Syria needs about
[00:02:11] 831
[00:02:14] million dollars monthly to purchase petroleum products and crude
[00:02:17] oil, pointing to a trend towards contracting with friendly
[00:02:21] countries that produce fuel to secure needs until
[00:02:25] the country can achieve self-sufficiency. Al-Bashir
[00:02:28] added that oil production in Syria reached
[00:02:32] approximately 140,000 barrels per day
[00:02:36] during a previous short period, explaining
[00:02:39] that oil production experiences ups and downs due to
[00:02:43] conditions related to wells, production, and transportation,
[00:02:46] noting that Syria's strategic reserve of crude oil
[00:02:49] amounts to about 2.5 billion barrels,
[00:02:52] indicating that Syria has 78
[00:02:55] oil fields and 28 gas
[00:02:59] fields. Regarding the gas
[00:03:01] for what is happening in file, Al-Bashir said that Syria's gas needs amount to about
[00:03:05] 24 million cubic meters per day,
[00:03:09] while local production reaches about 8 million cubic
[00:03:14] say that the Minister price increases. Of course, meters per day, pointing out that Syria currently buys about
[00:03:17] 6.3 million cubic meters of
[00:03:21] gas per day from Azerbaijan, in addition
[00:03:24] to quantities secured
[00:03:26] are also written questions through a ship located in the Jordanian port
[00:03:31] this was before a large income after of Aqaba at a cost of about 140 million
[00:03:33] dollars monthly. Syria's oil and gas
[00:03:37] wealth. We have 78
[00:03:40] this crisis, in addition oil fields, 28 gas fields. Our reserves are
[00:03:42] 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil and 241.
[00:03:46] Of course, these are based
[00:03:48] It seems there is a problem with the sound with on old surveys. We have not conducted a survey
[00:03:51] yet. Currently, we have formed a geology committee
[00:03:54] for oil and gas surveys and a thermal map for
[00:03:58] That is, neither the geothermal, in addition to the issue of generating
[00:04:00] energy from geothermal heat.
[00:04:03] On the sidelines of the Minister of Energy's hearing,
[00:04:06] members of the People's Assembly confirmed to Syria TV that
[00:04:10] this session was a quick response to public demands
[00:04:16] but rather, "Work out after the fuel price increase, and that the Energy Committee
[00:04:20] reasons, such as the formulated questions that represent
[00:04:26] the voice of the citizen before the executive authority.
[00:04:29] This session was a quick response to the people's
[00:04:32] demands after the increase in fuel prices. The second
[00:04:36] thing is that the questions submitted by the Energy Committee
[00:04:39] in its full dimensions, meaning its effects on were not questions that
[00:04:43] optimally exploited. There were formulated in half an hour. We have had specialists and engineers who have been
[00:04:48] and other factors that studying and writing reports for a week now. They
[00:04:50] have come up with statistics and formulated these questions
[00:04:54] in a way that represents
[00:04:56] anything that happens the voice of the citizen before the executive authority,
[00:04:58] and at the same time, propose recommendations and solutions.
[00:05:02] In the end, when a question is submitted
[00:05:05] by specialists, the picture is complete. Before the Ministry
[00:05:08] of Energy, and indeed, the Minister of Energy's
[00:05:12] briefing and his answers to the questions today, I personally benefited
[00:05:15] a lot in this sector,
[00:05:21] a specialist, because he presented it in a way
[00:05:23] that reached the citizen directly. In fact, we have many
[00:05:27] questions and suggestions. Now, the entire Syrian people are
[00:05:31] waiting for this session, waiting for its outcomes, waiting
[00:05:34] for convincing answers to the fuel price increase
[00:05:37] that affected people's livelihoods, and thus negatively impacted
[00:05:41] Syrian society. This matter needs to be addressed,
[00:05:44] needs future plans to prevent this from happening
[00:05:50] that citizens wake up to and cannot afford
[00:05:53] from their work, livelihood,
[00:05:59] and daily income. Regarding this topic, I
[00:06:03] welcome Dr. Mohammed Al-Bakir, member of the People's Assembly,
[00:06:06] joining us live from Damascus. Welcome. And I welcome
[00:06:10] Abdul Razzaq Habaza, Secretary of the Consumer Protection Association
[00:06:13] in Syria, joining us from Damascus. I also
[00:06:17] welcome Ammar Jello,
[00:06:20] Welcome, my dear guests.
[00:06:23] Dr. Mohammed. First, let's talk about the outcomes
[00:06:26] of this meeting that was held today, the
[00:06:30] hearing session before the People's Assembly with the
[00:06:34] Minister of Energy. What were the outcomes you came
[00:06:38] up with today regarding
[00:06:38] this session, especially
[00:06:42] since the people are waiting for answers to
[00:06:45] their questions? Yes, yes, peace and blessings
[00:06:49] of God be upon
[00:06:52] Dima, and good evening to the esteemed attendees
[00:06:55] and viewers. In fact, as you mentioned in
[00:06:59] the report you presented, this session was urgent,
[00:07:02] and we in the People's Assembly, according to the
[00:07:06] rules, held a hearing session from the first day of the fuel
[00:07:10] price increase. This session was scheduled for last
[00:07:14] Thursday, and we were preparing for it, but
[00:07:17] the Minister of Energy postponed it to today
[00:07:21] for the hearing session. In fact, we in
[00:07:24] the People's Assembly, through the Energy Committee, directed
[00:07:28] many questions from members of parliament and specialists
[00:07:32] to categorize some questions that revolved around the
[00:07:34] basic and main axes of the Ministry of
[00:07:38] Energy and its work in general, and around
[00:07:41] the issue of fuel and electricity price increases,
[00:07:45] as you saw and witnessed and the Syrian
[00:07:48] people witnessed. The session was long, lasting
[00:07:52] for more than five and a half hours
[00:07:55] approximately. The questions varied, and we tried
[00:07:57] during these questions to cover all aspects
[00:08:01] of the crisis. The Minister presented the energy
[00:08:04] situation in general, the petroleum products situation, the
[00:08:08] import mechanism, and the reasons for the fuel price increase. However,
[00:08:12] we represent the voice of the people. We
[00:08:16] wanted this session to be a session
[00:08:20] where we find solutions to alleviate the burden of fuel price increases
[00:08:23] on citizens and electricity
[00:08:26] several proposals were submitted, and some of
[00:08:30] them, as you may have seen, were
[00:08:33] presented orally and directly to the Minister. There
[00:08:39] that will be submitted to the Ministry of
[00:08:43] Energy to obtain written answers. Okay,
[00:08:46] okay, Dr. Bakir, let me welcome our
[00:08:49] guest who just joined us from Damascus,
[00:08:52] journalist Yaarob Al-Issa. Welcome, and we
[00:08:56] will continue the discussion with you, Mr. Habaza,
[00:08:59] regarding this urgent session that was specifically
[00:09:03] dedicated to listening and responding to the
[00:09:07] opinions of the Syrian street. In your opinion,
[00:09:09] did this session really address the concerns of
[00:09:13] the Syrian street and the questions they were
[00:09:17] waiting for? In fact, the explanations
[00:09:21] revolved around the global energy crisis, the Strait
[00:09:24] of Hormuz crisis, the Bab al-Mandab crisis,
[00:09:28] and global prices, in addition to internal objective
[00:09:33] maintenance of the Banyas refineries, which was
[00:09:36] previously postponed several times until it reached
[00:09:39] a stage where postponement was no longer effective.
[00:09:42] Also, as you know, the oil fields that
[00:09:46] returned to Syrian sovereignty in the eastern region
[00:09:50] suffered from misuse and needed maintenance to be
[00:09:55] are also several objective reasons related to transportation
[00:10:00] led to this situation. We listened to the
[00:10:03] Minister, and frankly, for me, not all
[00:10:07] the answers were convincing, because we want to
[00:10:10] convey something to the Syrian people. We want
[00:10:14] to alleviate the burden on citizens. It is
[00:10:17] illogical that any increase or anything that happens
[00:10:21] in the world should have immediate repercussions on
[00:10:24] the simple citizen, the citizen whom we know
[00:10:27] that 70 to 80% of the Syrian people
[00:10:30] are now from the middle class or the
[00:10:33] poor class. So we do not want to burden the citizen,
[00:10:37] and there was a discussion with the Minister
[00:10:40] on several proposals and solutions. The state
[00:10:43] must have a strategic reserve. The state must
[00:10:46] secure the foreign currency. Okay, okay,
[00:10:50] Dr. Bakir, let me
[00:10:51] welcome the guest who
[00:11:00] joined us now from Damascus, journalist Yaarob
[00:11:02] Al-Issa. Welcome. And
[00:11:07] we will continue the discussion. Mr. Abdul Razzaq,
[00:11:10] concerning this session, how did you view
[00:11:14] the hearing session before the People's Assembly? To
[00:11:17] what extent did it
[00:11:18] really answer the questions
[00:11:24] street? Madam, like someone seeking refuge from
[00:11:27] the scorching sun. We were eagerly awaiting the
[00:11:31] session. In truth, the consumer's concern
[00:11:34] is great, so the Minister added a new
[00:11:38] concern for us, the government's concern, on
[00:11:41] top of our existing concern. Citizens need
[00:11:44] solutions. The Minister explained all the problems
[00:11:48] that exist, meaning we went back to square
[00:11:51] one. The excuses we used to attribute our
[00:11:55] problems to, like sanctions and Caesar, are now
[00:11:58] replaced by new excuses: global inflation, no income,
[00:12:02] and the Ministry of Finance not giving us
[00:12:05] anything. There is a kind of missing link
[00:12:09] between the Ministry of Finance and the government.
[00:12:13] Solutions should have been presented. We don't need
[00:12:16] the concerns the Minister raised. As a citizen
[00:12:20] and consumer, I want to live a decent
[00:12:24] life at its lowest level. I don't want
[00:12:27] to live a luxurious life. The lowest level,
[00:12:31] which is energy and food, is not being
[00:12:33] achieved. Neither energy nor food. The Minister, bless
[00:12:36] him, did not offer anything new, despite his
[00:12:39] many problems and the fact that he is
[00:12:42] juggling many things at once. We know the
[00:12:46] Minister's problems from those close to him.
[00:12:49] We know he is a sincere and committed
[00:12:52] person. But the session should have
[00:12:56] provided a solution to these concerns. I present
[00:12:59] the existing problem and I present its solution.
[00:13:03] The Minister did not provide satisfactory
[00:13:05] solutions. We always see the blame placed
[00:13:09] on the minister. If
[00:13:13] we want to determine responsibility today, where
[00:13:16] does the responsibility lie? Is it with the
[00:13:20] main operating committee, or also with the
[00:13:23] pricing committee, and also the responsibility of the
[00:13:27] minister? Where does the responsibility of each
[00:13:31] entity lie regarding the context of this crisis? Madam,
[00:13:34] the government is a complete whole. We cannot
[00:13:39] of Energy is responsible, or any other minister.
[00:13:42] It's a complete whole. The lack of coordination
[00:13:46] between the different ministries. We know that some
[00:13:50] ministries have a surplus in their budget and
[00:13:55] the liberalization. If there was coordination between them,
[00:13:58] these ministries with a surplus in their budget
[00:14:01] would contribute to solving
[00:14:05] to the issue of partnership with the private
[00:14:08] sector, with greater facilities. We have financial
[00:14:11] solvency in the private sector, a good financial
[00:14:15] solvency in some areas, and we know
[00:14:19] this, and the government knows this. The private
[00:14:22] sector should be involved, brother, in the partnership
[00:14:26] between it and the government, to provide
[00:14:29] the necessary facilities to solve the issue. It
[00:14:32] cannot bear the burden alone. We will not
[00:14:36] say to the government, "Bear the burden alone,"
[00:14:41] solutions that involve many people who have financial
[00:14:44] solvency, from traders and industrialists who can
[00:14:48] help the government in this field," in addition
[00:14:50] to the issue of involving more than one
[00:14:58] entity in the issue. The Minister of Energy
[00:15:02] is thanked for the session. The positive thing
[00:15:06] we noticed is that there was a response.
[00:15:09] We knew that there is a government that
[00:15:13] listens to citizens' complaints, even though we had
[00:15:17] some reservations about the complaint itself. It
[00:15:20] was a bit exaggerated, but we excuse the
[00:15:23] citizen's concern given the way they express
[00:15:26] it. However, the solutions available, and
[00:15:30] the last solution available regarding pricing, are
[00:15:33] three types of diesel. In fact,
[00:15:37] these are not solutions.
[00:15:41] solutions, solutions that were hastily prepared
[00:15:45] to absorb the public's anger over the price
[00:15:48] increase. It would have been better to have
[00:15:52] bigger and more comprehensive solutions than these solutions
[00:15:55] that were hastily implemented. The decision that came
[00:15:58] out after the increase was
[00:16:01] hastily prepared as a kind of appeasement
[00:16:05] to the citizen, and I don't think this
[00:16:08] can be achieved optimally because its implementation
[00:16:13] my communication with the fuel committees and some
[00:16:16] private stations, there is difficulty in achieving this, and unfortunately,
[00:16:20] it has not been
[00:16:23] implemented yet. It should have been prepared
[00:16:27] before its issuance, with priorities or a
[00:16:30] Until now, if I go to fill
[00:16:33] up with 5.5
[00:16:36] or 15 fuel, it is not available,
[00:16:39] and we don't know factors for this decision
[00:16:43] should have been prepared before its issuance.
[00:16:47] Okay, Mr. Jello, regarding the proposals
[00:16:49] that were made, and as my guest
[00:16:53] mentioned, this session has not yet provided radical solutions. The
[00:16:57] minister has not presented anything, and the
[00:17:01] answers that the Syrian street was waiting for
[00:17:05] were not convincing. If we want to describe
[00:17:08] the problem of the fuel crisis and the
[00:17:11] new type of diesel currently available in the
[00:17:15] market, let's talk about this point regarding the
[00:17:19] numbers and types. Will it solve the current
[00:17:22] crisis in Syria? Greetings to you and
[00:17:26] all the esteemed viewers. This is not a
[00:17:29] matter of classifying fuels or petroleum products. This
[00:17:32] is a matter of government administration of
[00:17:36] the oil sector, or even in general, government
[00:17:39] administration of at least the service aspects for
[00:17:42] the Syrian citizen. This is the real crisis.
[00:17:45] Regarding the hearing session, from its legal designation
[00:17:49] for those who understand the constitutional legal
[00:17:53] definition, the word "hearing" is a session of "letting
[00:17:56] off steam," as it can be called in
[00:18:00] colloquial language. It does not add anything
[00:18:02] or solve anything. It only means that the
[00:18:05] minister presented justifications to the People's Assembly
[00:18:09] and left. The People's Assembly cannot question
[00:18:13] him, cannot hold him accountable, cannot dismiss
[00:18:16] him, and does not even have authority over
[00:18:20] the government at all, except for this simple
[00:18:23] paragraph. So, this is also a constitutional
[00:18:27] crisis in this matter. As for the issue
[00:18:30] of petroleum products, it is true that global
[00:18:33] prices are high, but I do not
[00:18:36] expect that after the basic root of
[00:18:40] the problem, because we had a previous
[00:18:43] increase, and by a larger percentage than the
[00:18:46] current 40% increase in prices, it was
[00:18:49] in February of last year, even before
[00:18:53] the outbreak of the American-Israeli conflict
[00:18:56] against Iran and the emergence of the Strait
[00:18:59] of Hormuz crisis and global energy supplies.
[00:19:03] It even reached 80% for gasoline, and
[00:19:08] the crisis, as I told you. So
[00:19:12] the justifications might be objective for a
[00:19:16] political or economic reader, but they
[00:19:19] are far from objective in Syria.
[00:19:22] Why? For one reason: because the
[00:19:26] Syrian citizen and the Syrian people are
[00:19:29] not economically and service-wise connected to
[00:19:33] the global connection.
[00:19:36] services available in Syria are measured by
[00:19:39] global services for any citizen of any
[00:19:43] country, nor is the economic level in
[00:19:46] Syria measured by the economy of any
[00:19:50] neighboring country or even any country
[00:19:53] in the world. So the issue
[00:19:57] of increases and government support for this
[00:20:00] matter is required, and strongly required,
[00:20:04] in large sectors, and among them are
[00:20:08] energy, health, electricity, and
[00:20:10] education, or energy, which includes electricity.
[00:20:14] This issue of social security that
[00:20:18] the new Syrian state seems to have abandoned.
[00:20:21] This is the real crisis, and there
[00:20:25] are no official data regarding the
[00:20:28] official budget, the general financial budget
[00:20:32] of the state, presented or discussed,
[00:20:36] or even the legislative authority exists. Even
[00:20:39] with the legislative authority, what is
[00:20:42] circulated in the media or other means
[00:20:46] is the citizen's budget, which contains
[00:20:50] general figures and does not contain
[00:20:53] the details that require looking at
[00:20:57] the gaps in it, or even the
[00:21:01] possibility of whether the state is prepared to
[00:21:04] support certain sectors or not. Why
[00:21:08] doesn't the state bear this responsibility? The
[00:21:11] state's ability to support certain sectors, for how
[00:21:14] long? In addition to all this,
[00:21:18] the government discourse
[00:21:30] is always late in emerging from the crisis,
[00:21:34] and we saw this in the bread crisis
[00:21:37] previously, and now it is currently in
[00:21:41] the aftermath. In your opinion, where
[00:21:44] does the main gap lie regarding this
[00:21:47] point and this delay regarding this crisis,
[00:21:51] the fuel crisis as a whole?
[00:21:55] The main gap is the improvisation and speed
[00:21:58] in issuing decisions. That is, regarding
[00:22:02] the issue of perhaps bringing money into
[00:22:04] the state treasury, or perhaps not burdening
[00:22:07] the state. This
[00:22:11] a loss, but it is not a
[00:22:14] loss. It is the basic function of the
[00:22:18] state to earn from some aspects and
[00:22:21] pay from other aspects. It does
[00:22:24] not always balance the issue of
[00:22:26] trust with the society it represents.
[00:22:30] This is the real loss, or perhaps
[00:22:33] the current officials' lack of awareness of
[00:22:37] this issue. It is not a
[00:22:40] matter of "I want
[00:22:45] and a half liras." This is
[00:22:48] not an economic matter in administration
[00:22:52] and government. It is a matter
[00:22:56] of whether trust always exists, whether
[00:22:59] the voice of the people is heard
[00:23:02] or not, and whether their concerns
[00:23:05] are present in the ears of the official
[00:23:09] or not. That is, the study of these prices
[00:23:13] and the justifications that were made
[00:23:16] for them, and even the issue
[00:23:20] of considering them temporary. Until now,
[00:23:23] the Minister did not explain the duration of this
[00:23:27] hearing session. Will it end when
[00:23:30] the maintenance of the Banyas refinery,
[00:23:34] which was one of the causes
[00:23:37] of the price increase, ends? Or
[00:23:40] will it end when the Strait of Hormuz crisis,
[00:23:44] which seems to
[00:23:47] be escalating and compounding, ends?
[00:23:50] The issue is complicated and more than necessary and
[00:23:54] not only related to the Strait
[00:23:58] of Hormuz. After the Strait of
[00:24:02] Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, Ukrainian
[00:24:05] planes. All these issues are global issues, but nevertheless,
[00:24:08] the impact on global oil prices
[00:24:12] that I mentioned in the previous
[00:24:15] discussion was below expectations that
[00:24:19] said that with the escalation of
[00:24:22] the crisis in
[00:24:24] the Strait of Hormuz or with
[00:24:28] Iran, energy prices would rise to
[00:24:32] 1760 dollars per barrel. All
[00:24:36] this talk, as I told you,
[00:24:39] is the fundamental gist. It seems
[00:24:43] that the government is abandoning the
[00:24:47] concerns of the citizen it represents.
[00:24:50] However, this session was dedicated to
[00:24:54] listening to the concerns of the
[00:24:57] citizen. Okay, at this point,
[00:25:01] Mr. Yaarob, this point in this
[00:25:04] meeting that was held to answer
[00:25:08] the questions and concerns of the Syrian
[00:25:12] street and the Syrian citizen, did it really address the
[00:25:15] concerns of the Syrian street? Was the
[00:25:19] response urgent and effective on the
[00:25:22] ground? Well, I didn't see
[00:25:26] a response, so we can't say it
[00:25:29] was timely, or within the right
[00:25:32] framework, or sufficient, or insufficient. This
[00:25:36] is not a response; it's an explanation,
[00:25:39] an interpretation, a justification. Anything
[00:25:42] in the world,
[00:25:46] in the world, is subject to explanation
[00:25:49] and interpretation. Therefore, all courtrooms in
[00:25:52] the world witness the prosecutions of the public prosecutor,
[00:25:56] then the defense, then the prosecution,
[00:25:59] then the defense, then witnesses, then
[00:26:03] this explanation and interpretation. The
[00:26:06] matter is deeper and broader than
[00:26:09] that, and it is not just
[00:26:12] a matter of pricing diesel and
[00:26:16] gasoline. It is not just
[00:26:19] a matter of pricing electricity.
[00:26:23] The problem is governance. There is
[00:26:26] a problem in the
[00:26:29] It's not in the performance of
[00:26:32] this minister, and everyone who knows
[00:26:35] him praises his personal ethics
[00:26:38] and integrity, and his sincerity.
[00:26:42] But this is not enough. There
[00:26:45] is a problem in the way the
[00:26:49] state is managed, the economy is
[00:26:52] managed, services are managed, people's
[00:26:55] affairs are managed. There is a problem
[00:26:59] in understanding the role of the
[00:27:02] state. That is,
[00:27:05] the state is not, as the
[00:27:09] professor who spoke a moment ago,
[00:27:13] said, that the issue should not
[00:27:16] be to buy for one lira
[00:27:19] and sell for one and a
[00:27:22] half liras. The role of the
[00:27:26] state, the role of the government,
[00:27:29] is not this. That is, the role of the
[00:27:33] state is to be
[00:27:36] responsible for the lives of citizens.
[00:27:39] This is what we call the
[00:27:42] social contract. That is, you
[00:27:48] stepped up to manage this state
[00:27:52] in an exceptional circumstance, in a
[00:27:55] transitional phase. This places responsibilities
[00:27:58] on you. It's not the Minister
[00:28:02] of Energy, it's not Mohammed Al-Bashir,
[00:28:05] and it's not such-and-such minister
[00:28:08] or such-and-such official. It's not this
[00:28:12] whole system. You stepped up to
[00:28:16] manage a state. You, by virtue
[00:28:19] of this role, you control the
[00:28:23] state's resources. The state's resources belong
[00:28:27] to the people of this state. That
[00:28:30] is, Mohammed Al-Bashir does not personally
[00:28:34] own more in the Al-Omar field,
[00:28:37] for example, than I do, or
[00:28:40] you, or the esteemed professors.
[00:28:44] This means we had a hearing through which we tried
[00:28:47] to convey the citizen's voice and we tried to find solutions
[00:28:51] also for this crisis that we are experiencing.
[00:28:54] Honestly, the citizen is always on our side
[00:28:58] and in his favor, and the citizen
[00:29:01] should not pay any price
[00:29:04] the world in terms of fluctuations and so on. The state
[00:29:08] must have a strategic plan to deal with such
[00:29:11] crises, especially the fuel crisis and the electricity
[00:29:14] and energy crisis in general, which affects the core of people's
[00:29:18] lives in general. Sir
[00:29:21] Habze, from the perspective of consumer protection, especially in light of this
[00:29:25] session that took place today, what is required from the concerned authorities,
[00:29:29] from the ministry and also from the concerned parties,
[00:29:32] so that these steps are actually implemented
[00:29:35] on the ground?
[00:29:44] Mr. Abdul Razzaq, can you hear
[00:29:45] me?
[00:29:51] Mr. Abdul Razzaq. Okay.
[00:29:54] Let me go to you, Mr. Jalloul,
[00:29:57] regarding the context of responsibilities, especially
[00:30:01] a short while ago, it was mentioned
[00:30:03] that the responsibility lies with whom today, within the framework of these
[00:30:06] meetings and within the framework of this campaign
[00:30:09] that came from the people
[00:30:13] in several areas in Syria? Where does
[00:30:16] the responsibility lie today and where does the responsibility end regarding
[00:30:19] the Ministry of Energy and also the concerned authorities responsible
[00:30:23] for the price-setting committee and the Syrian Petroleum Company
[00:30:27] in the context of
[00:30:28] this crisis?
[00:30:31] Well, from my point of view, at least, the responsibility is the responsibility of the price-setting
[00:30:35] committee, which has always been arbitrary and quick in this matter and
[00:30:38] did not take the matter
[00:30:42] the Syrian citizen, and then the government's
[00:30:45] approach in managing the country's resources
[00:30:48] or even in the general administration of the state.
[00:30:52] It seems that even in certain places, the ministries or even
[00:30:55] the institutions are scattered islands within the government structure.