by Fuad Rajeh, Wang Qiuyun
(SANAA, April 9 Xinhua)-the deepening unrest in the Yemen are imposing negative impact on people living and important sectors of the economy and small businesses hard hit.
While large economic sectors of the decline in foreign trade and the growing fears of investors were affected, were small companies directly from the eskalierenden pro and anti-Government protests, especially the sit-ins.
Hundreds of thousands of of pro and anti-government protesters have residence was in tents pitched along main shopping streets in downtown cities including the capital Sanaa for more than a month, forcing some retail markets close down and to move others. The companies are left open have complained of a remarkable decrease in their sales under fears that the escalating unrest would have more impact.
"Now experienced an acute lack of gas, Yemen and if this continues, that many businesses are inevitably closed, be", said Abdul Karim Kasim, owner of a coffee shop in the Zubairy Street.
"The lack of gas price made three times higher than before the crisis, and rising prices will have the poorest groups directly," he added.
Clothing store owner Abdullah al Duba's in the street of Jamal said the pro-Government sit-ins in Tahrir square and the anti-Government sit-in outside Sanaa University blocked the key shopping streets and the business badly affected.
"As you can see, there are no people here." We used to see this road very crowded and every hour was the customer, but the situation has changed now, "said Abdullah."
"And if you look around, you would see some shops closed and others moved." Unfortunately Jamal Street resembled a ghost town, "he said."
Some manufacturers are facing also imposed additional taxes they and "Bat", which will exploit the unrest.
"In addition to shrink due to the unrest, we see increasing taxes,", said Wazeer al Selwi, a seller of qat, "in addition bullies of who come the anti-government protesters attack us several times a day to money and we need to give them, the."
The unrest has already paralyzed that said, almost all of its activities were set the financial sector in Yemen, particularly the Islamic banks.
"The situation is so bad because we do nothing these days," said Tariq Hamoud, head of the Department of studies of Ahvaz International Islamic Bank.
"Due to the unrest Yemen's banks were seen institutions with high risk of external institutions and if a bank wants to open a credit, it should pay 100 percent insurance," he said.
He said "locally, the people are their money in large amounts in US dollars now in favour of cash and drawing, and this applies to the operations of the banks in the Yemen".
It concerns individuals, the effects for the sit inners were manifested tents on main streets in a traffic jam.
"The sit inners closed roads," citizen Abdullah said al Sawadi people forces redirects and more time to reach jobs and other destinations.
A student defendant also, that the bus and taxi prices, increased there that drivers were forced, redirect routes.
"Now the sit-in outside Sanaa University also the suspension of the second semester, forced", said Asad Abdul Karim, a student in the first year at the College of Commerce.
Tens of thousands of people have hold a sit-in outside Sana'a University, call for the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a GCC opposed to proposal to tackle the political crisis on Friday.
The proposal calls for the resignation of Saleh and transfer of power to his Deputy in return for immunity and guarantees that he and his regime are not tracked. Also proposed to form a Government of national unity under the leadership of the opposition and to set up a new Constitution before the holding of elections.
"We appreciate the interest of regional and international countries in Yemen stability in the middle of the crisis, but an offer with the exception of the immediate exit of President Saleh, clearly required are not accepted," she said in a statement.
"The problem is how power transfer not." However, it is that all of the power would be passed, "Tariq said al Shami, Chairman of Saba and information Director of the ruling party General Congress."
The Yemen Department of trade and industry and the General investment authority refused it, that comment on situation and strongly denied information, including numbers or percentages of the losses of economy in the midst of the escalation of the unrest.
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