Yemen Parliament unanimously rejects government resolution to raise the rate of diesel

07/04/2012- YemenOnline

Yemen's parliament unanimously rejected Saturday the government's resolution to raise the price of diesel to 100% of its current price of YR 1000.

Yemeni economic analysts criticized the government decision as it would result to negative impact and repercussions on the prices of food and essential consumer goods which means more suffering of Yemeni citizens.

Other economists supported the decision as a solution to reduce the black market in Yemen. The diesel is not available in the gas station But you can find it easily in black market , but  with a high rate that may up to YR 150 per liter, more than the new price set by the government ' Jamal al-Awadhi said to YemenOnline.