On 9 October, Reconstruction and Development Coalition member Ammar Yasser al-Janabi, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media), called the dollar-rate increase the least risky option, described the alternatives announced by the prime minister as disastrous, argued that the increase and digital platforms would constrain speculation and currency smuggling, and demanded higher salaries for lower-income employees. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) quoted MP Alaa al-Haidari asserting that large political blocs supported the decision, while Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official owned media) reported the Basra Workers’ Trade Union Federation’s demand for reversal. A subsequent Al-Janoub TV caption emphasized the union warning’s direct implications for lower-income people.
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Oct, 23:33
“MP Alaa al-Haidari: The large political blocs support the decision to raise the dollar exchange rate.”
النائب علاء الحيدري: الكتل السياسية الكبيرة تؤيد قرار رفع سعر صرف الدولار
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media09 Oct, 23:42
“The alternatives to raising the dollar exchange rate announced by al-Zaidi were disastrous. Increasing the dollar exchange rate will constrain speculators and the market for smuggling currency abroad. Introducing digital platforms will regulate foreign currency and prevent its smuggling. Increasing the dollar exchange rate protects the economy and is the least risky decision. Salaries for lower-in”
بدائل رفع سعر صرف الدولار التي أعلنها الزيدي كانت كارثية - زيادة سعر صرف الدولار سيضيق على المضاربين وسوق تهريب العملة الى الخارج - دخول المنصات الرقمية سيؤدي لضبط العملة الأجنبية ويمنع تهريبها - زيادة سعر صرف الدولار يحمي الاقتصاد وهو القرار الأقل خطورة - يجب رفع رواتب الموظفين من ذوي الدخل المحدود
- Al-Janoub TVHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official owned media10 Oct, 00:03
“The Workers’ Trade Union Federation warns of the consequences of raising the exchange rate and demands that it be reversed.”
اتحاد نقابات العمال يحذر من تداعيات رفع سعر الصرف ويطالب بالتراجع عنه
Concern for lower-income households appears on both sides of the argument, but it produces different prescriptions: higher salaries alongside the increase versus reversal of the increase.