The Kuwaiti Federation of Fishermen renewed its appeal to the Minister of Finance to address the crisis of the continuing deficit in the share of diesel, pointing out that diesel has run out from the Al-Shamlan and Fahaheel stations, reports Al-Jarida daily.
In a statement, the federation called for the need to return the share of fishermen as it was before the decision to reduce it by half, indicating that the result of this will be that the two stations will run out of diesel supplies until the end of this month. He added that the Advocacy Committee of the Ministry of Finance put on deaf ears the fishermen’s union’s appeals to return the monthly quota as it was during the previous season, and therefore the suffering continues every month due to the depletion of the quantity.
He went on to say, the Kuwaiti fishing boats will not be able to go out to fish, and refused to put the blame on the fishermen of stopping going out to fish, as well as accusing the federation of allowing the fishermen to go on strike. He pointed out that he had made it clear since last July that the diesel share reduced by half would not be sufficient, but unfortunately all his requests have fallen on deaf ears.