by Fouad Rajeh, Wang Qiuyun
(SANAA, April 9 Xinhua) - deepening in the Yemen disorders are imposing negative impacts on the lives of the people and hit hard areas of key economic and small business.
While the main economic sectors have been affected by the collapse of international trade and the growing fears of investors, small businesses were directly affected by Pro and anti-Government protests that intensifies it, especially the sit-in.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators pro and anti-Government stayed in tents launched along the main shopping streets in the cities of downtown, including the capital Sana'a during more than a month, forcing some to close retail markets and others to relocate. Companies that are still open are complained a decrease in remarkable of their turnover among fears that escalating unrest would have more impact.
"Now Yemen is experiencing an acute shortage of gas and if this continues for many shops will inevitably be closed," said Abdul Karim Kasim, owner of a cafeteria in the Zubairy Street.
"The shortage is the gas prices three times higher than that before the crisis and the spectacular price increases directly affect the poorest groups", he added.
Merchant clothing Abdullah al Duba'e in the street of Jamal, said the pro-Government sit-in in Tahrir square and the anti-Government sit-in outside the University Sanaa blocked the key shopping streets and assigned the wrong company.
"As you can see, there is no people here." "We used to see this same crowded street and customers came from every hour, but now the situation has changed," said Abdullah.
And if you look, you would see some stores closed and others moved. "Unfortunately Jamal Street looked like in a ghost town, he said."
Some providers also face additional taxes imposed on them and "raw" which operate disorders.
"Further shrinking trade because of unrest, we see taxes increasing," said Wazeer al Selwi, a vendor of qat, "" in addition, the bully those who attack the anti-government demonstrators Vienna us several times a day to obtain money and we must give them that.""
Disorders have already paralyzed the financial sector to the Yemen, particularly Islamic banks, which says that all their activities have virtually ceased.
"The situation is too bad, because we do nothing today," said Tariq Hamoud, head of the section of studies Tadhamon International Islamic Bank.
"Because of the unrest here, the banks of the Yemen were considered high risk facilities by external institutions and if a bank wants to open a credit, it must pay 100 percent of insurance," said.
"Locally, people are now in favour of cash and the drawing of their money in large amounts in U.S. dollars, and this affects the operations of banks to the Yemen," he said.
When it comes to people, the impacts are mainly manifested in traffic because the tents of sit-bulbs on the main roads.
"The roads closed, sit-bulbs" force people to redirect and spend more time to reach the workplace and other destinations, said citizen Abdullah al Sawadi.
A student also complains that fares of bus and taxis increased because the pilots were forced to redirect roads.
"Now the dining room outside the University Sanaa even forced the suspension of the second half," said Asad Abdul Karim, a first year student at the school of business.
Tens of thousands of people have been taking a dining outside Sana'a University, calling for the overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who rejected Friday a GCC proposal to tackle the political crisis.
The proposal requested the resignation of Saleh and the transfer of power to his Deputy in exchange for immunity and guarantees that him and his regime will not be prosecuted. It is also proposed to form a National Union Government led by the opposition and to draft a new constitution advance of the election.
"Thank you for the interest of regional and international countries to the stability of the Yemen in the current crisis, but we don't accept any offer except that clearly calling for an immediate release of President Saleh," they said in a statement.
"The problem is not with the way to transfer power." "However, it is all connection to power, which would be handed over," said Tariq al Shami, Chairman of Saba and information Director of the Congress of the General People's power party.
The Yemeni Ministry of trade and industry and the General investment authority refused to comment on the situation and strongly refuses to give specific information, including numbers or percentages on losses of the economy of the country in the escalation of disorders.
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