It is not wars alone that kill people, but greed when it dons the guise of commerce and hides behind the smoke of crises. In times of hardship, not only the fragility of the systems are revealed, but also the true nature of souls; who preserves, who betrays, who profits with honor, and who exploits need without mercy.
What we are witnessing today cannot simply be reduced to being transient economic fluctuations, but it is behavior that feeds on public anxiety and capitalizes on people's needs. This happens despite clear data confirming the abundance of strategic stockpiles of essential materials and the stability of supply chains, thanks to well-thought-out precautionary policies. Nevertheless, some among us have chosen to strip themselves of all values, unchecked by conscience or restrained by ethics, rushing towards profit at any cost.
They raise prices without real justification, take refuge in disturbances that do not touch their costs, and monopolize goods that have already filled their warehouses, waiting for the moment to double their profits at the expense of people’s suffering. These individuals are not conducting business, but committing an act closer to economic treason; they play with the sustenance of the people, turn fear into opportunity, need into commodity, and human beings into numbers in the profit equation.
What they do is not just a legal violation, but a profound moral fall, revealing a deep void of values. At its core, trade is a responsibility before it is a profit, and a trust before it is an opportunity. Those who lose this sense lose their justification for existence in both the market and society.
Silence on these practices not only exacerbates the crisis, but also grants it undeserved legitimacy. From here, decisive action becomes a necessity that cannot be postponed: strict field supervision, public accountability, and exposure of anyone who dares manipulate people's sustenance or hide goods for illicit gains. These individuals do not deserve protection, but confrontation, not justification, but deterrence.
In contrast, hope remains pinned on those whom the crises have not corrupted, those who have maintained the integrity of their trade, and realized that trust is the real capital, and that a living conscience is priceless.
May God protect the nation and its people from all harm, and turn these ordeals into opportunities to sift through values, where falsehood falls, and what benefits and as said in ancient times and in the words of the sages of ages - .
Crises do not create the corrupt... they reveal them... and here we are today pointing at them.
