Parliament summons cabinet over fuel price raise

SANA'A, July 03 (Saba) - The
Parliament decided on Saturday to summon the cabinet next Monday over recent raise
in diesel,
gas and oil price in addition to security issues.
In its Saturday session, the parliament also approved its agenda for coming period
which focuses on draft law of higher education, amendments on law No.40/1992
related to
carry weapons.
The parliamentarian Abdul Qadir al-Doais claimed the formation of a parliamentary
committee involved in the re-negotiation on the prices of Yemeni liquefied gas
exported
abroad, and called on the parliament to issue a statement supporting the President's
instructions to reconsider the price of gas, the almotamar.net reported.
This took place on the sidelines of the parliament's session to discuss their
agenda, which was devoid of questioning Ministers by the MPs according to a
decision issued
in a closed session on June 9.
The parliament's agenda included discussing of the supplementary report that has
been postponed for years on the law of weapons carrying and possession, and another
law
on the fight against terrorism. In addition to draft laws related to income tax,
customs and investment.
The parliament approved a few years ago on an agreement with French Total Company
involving the sale of LNG to South Korea and the United States for over twenty
years for
prices, described by MPs at the time as unfair, while the government justified the
agreement the lack of external markets for the Yemeni gas.
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