newspaper revealed "socket" Some cooperative societies prevented expatriates from entering shopping and buying various products during the holy month of Ramadan, justifying this by the fact that large numbers of shoppers flocked and crowded into the central markets and branches of these societies, and rushed to buy Ramadan goods that were sold at reduced prices.
The Kuwaiti newspaper quoted the head of the Consumer Protection Association, Mishaal Al-Mana, as saying that preventing expatriates from entering any cooperative society and limiting shopping for products offered in its central markets to citizens is against the law.
Al-Manea explained that there is absolutely no justification for the associations’ refusal to sell goods to consumers, whether citizens or residents, indicating that the Consumer Protection Law punishes these decisions, indicating that cooperative societies are establishments that have a commercial license from the Ministry of Commerce and it applies to them. "market law" applicable to other similar facilities.
added: "We informed the trade and concerned authorities of the need to intervene to prevent such ill-considered and harmful decisions".
In the context, an official source in the National Guard Society denied what is being circulated on social media about preventing sales to non-Kuwaiti consumers, stressing that the National Guard Society welcomes all segments of Kuwaiti society.
