Algerian MPs: “We call upon Ben Younes to specify the names of import’s lobbyists and ports’ barons”

National People’s Assembly MPs criticized on the Commerce Minister, Amara Ben Younes, during the session which was devoted to the discussion of the amended bill that supplemented the law which is regulating the general rules, that are applied on the exported and imported goods that is dated on July, 19, 2003.

They asked him to specify a list of “barons” whose names are mentioned every time by the minister who uses them as “bogeyman” to intimidate Algerians, describing the file as ambiguous, as they also asked him to provide more explanations about the alcohols’ file and erasing the Arab language in the Ministry of Ben Younes.

Ilias Saadi, a MP for the National Liberation Front Party asks the Minister Ben Younes to identify the lobbies of import, saying; “Tell us frankly who they are, we want to understand, do not keep a mystery file”, stressing the importance of the revision of the law that is regulating the activity and who criticized the method of preparation by the ministry without the involvement of active parties, and warned of the content of this project, saying that the latter does not protect the national economy and does not control the import operations.

Maisoune Taher, a MP for the Algerian Rally ignited fire inside the hall, and wondered about the feasibility of such a law, which he described as empty and does not include legal provisions that are governing foreign trade, and which put an end to the manipulators, and the owners of the containers who become the first and last controller in the food of Algerians, and went even further when he criticized the Minister of Trade, Amara Ben Younes, and asked him to leave and resign from the Department of Commerce.

Habib Zekkak, who is one of the founders of the Socialist Forces Front Party, wonders about the secret of the survival of Ben Younes at the head of the Ministry of Commerce after the alcohols and erasing the Arab language scandals, calling the minister to provide more explanations about these files, and invited him to interpret his irrepressible desire in the liberation of the liquor trade and erase the Arabic language from the Ministry of Commerce, and the documentation that is released by its subsidiary bodies, calling upon him to resign immediately and leave honorably.

Trade Minister Amara Ben Younes, asked the head of the National People’s Assembly, Arbi Ould Khalifa, to enabling him to respond to the criticisms of the House of Representatives, but the latter rejected his demand and described it as not logical, and invited him to wait until the completion of the discussion.

Criticism against the minister continued, and MPs described the Import Law as miserable, and confirmed that it is the best proof of Ben Younes failure to conduct the sector, and also criticized the privileges grant to foreign investors who plundered $ 10 billion after their entry into the market without regulation, and wondered at the same time about who controls the markets in Algeria?