Unrest builds up as Saudis vent rage at government price hikes
Tehran(KNA) - Saudi Arabians have taken to the social networking services, venting their anger at the government for hiking domestic gas prices and introducing value-added tax (VAT).
London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi paper said on Sunday that furious Saudi citizens had created a "salary is not enough" hashtag on Twitter.According to various media outlets, the kingdom almost doubled gasoline prices and introduced a five-percent VAT on most goods and services on Monday.
The paper said the prices of thousands of goods and services had soared, including gasoline prices which had been hiked 82-126 percent.
The "salary is not enough" hashtag has been recreated four times so far after reaching its follow limit.Unemployed Saudis, who according to 2016 estimates comprised more than 5.1 percent of the population, have created another hashtag named "the unemployed, the forgotten."New footage circulated online seemed to show a Saudi citizen setting fire to a gas station in protest at the fuel price spikes.
Source: Press TV