Some cooperative societies prevented expatriates from purchasing various products during the holy month of Ramadan, justifying this by the fact that shoppers in big numbers flocked these outlets and bought goods offered at discounted rates during Ramadan.
Commenting on these decisions, the head of the Consumer Protection Association, Mishaal Al-Manea, considered that preventing expatriates from entering any cooperative society and limiting the purchasing to citizens in its central markets is against the law, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Al-Manea explained to Al-Qabas 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 just like the Market Law is applied to other similar establishments.
He added, “We informed the Ministry of Commerce and the concerned authorities of the need to intervene to prevent such ill-conceived and offensive decisions.”
In the same 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.
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