Lahj (Debriefer) - Yemenis in the southern governorate of Lahj staged an inclusive civil disobedience on Sunday in protest of decline in local currency and surge in food prices.
Sellers closed stores in al-Hauta, Lahj provincial capital, in objection to the record depreciation of Yemeni rial, eyewitnesses said.
The traders called on the official government-run Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) to control the exchange rates and stop the currency's unprecedented drop.
The Yemeni rial is experiencing the worst ever decrease against hard moneys, with one US dollar is worth 894 rials on Sunday, leading to huge upsurge in prices of different commodities, consumer in particular.
Earlier, the Aden-based CBY management took some measures and decisions in a bid to curb this decline, but no signs of improvement.
On Wednesday, the CBY in press release blamed the "opposing currents" aiming at defaming its position in favor of parties that seek to create instability and hinder government efforts for economic recovery.
Following intense meetings, the CBY developed a "matrix of priorities" to stop the rial depreciation, the release read, without further details.
