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Occupation magazine - Siege, Wall, Checkpoints Home page  back Print  Send To friend Syrian official slams private, public sector monopolies By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, October 19, 2005 DAMASCUS: The deputy prime minister for economic affairs, Abdullah Dardari, warned on Tuesday that private and public sector economies were standing in the way of planned reforms in Syria. `The Syrian economy is subjected to public and private monopolies. For the economic reforms to succeed, it is necessary for these monopolies to stop,` he was quoted as saying by Tishrin newspaper. `Because of these monopolies we are having difficulties with our entry into a market economy,` said Dardari. `These comments will not please everyone.` Dardari said Syria was `faced with the challenge of turning our economy into a competitive economy. We must take more measures to liberalize the economy.` Syrian economic experts such as Nabil Sukkar have warned that big money has been joining forces with people in government `at the expense of the common interest` of the country. - AFP Links to the latest articles in this section For sale: Gaza zoo where the zebras were not all they seemed Palestinians still waiting for right to use Highway 443 B`Tselem and 6 US Peace and Human Rights Groups to Obama: Lift Gaza Siege