Al-Nahar [Archives:2004/789/Press Review]

4 Nov.2004
Main headlines
– International demand to Yemen to freeze Zandani's properties and assets
– The nation painfully affected by the decease of Zaid
– In Taiz, lack of security, robbery of installations and armed robbery
– Secret extremist organization at Sana'a University disclosed
– Unidentified gangs tried to smuggle them, 50 children rescued from grip of smugglers at Hardh border crossing
– Dhalie prosecution hinders efforts for the release of prisoners
– Somali citizens smuggled into Yemen
– Diplomatic source: Sudan asked postponement of convening the tripartite grouping foreign ministers

Columnist Hajie al-Juhafi says since 1995 and our country has been pursuing a policy of economic reforms similar to other countries implemented that policy before us. Hen we were used to hear that the Yemeni people would suffer from programs of austerity and hard economic price policies and that after a few years they would enjoy the fruits of that and prosperity would come.
Despite the passage of almost ten years on those reforms the situations are increasing in badness and the poor people numbers are on an increase and the corrupt go deeper in their corruption and richness.
Policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund put some conditions in return for any support or loan and nevertheless it is said that the experts of corruption managed to deceive experts of the Bank and the Fund over the past ten years and our country would lose a $ 287 million worth support from the WB if the government would not pas on a new price dose. Surely the dose of fuel would be passed on because the magnates of corruption would not allow the loss of that sum.
The other thing is that the power centers that are dueling over the use of oil and gas have become threatening the whole country with an economic disaster unless matters are taken care of from now and even the monetary liquidity would not be enough to stand up in its face even for several months.
What happens is that the doses and economic reforms have not been accompanied with monitoring and accountability and administrative and financial reforms because the state institutions spending is rising by doubles regarding those of fuel, electricity and communications, etcetera.
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