The Syrian campaign # Our Lira, our pride, which others called # Bs_blira, which aims to support the Syrian pound, invaded social networking sites in several Syrian governorates.
The campaign "Our Lira is Our Pride", which activists launched through social networking sites in Syria, aims to support the Syrian pound, which recently witnessed a significant deterioration in its exchange rate against the dollar, by inviting merchants to sell their goods at a value of one Syrian pound, provided that the buyer owns a Syrian pound "Metal", in a symbolic indication of its value.
Many shops participated in this campaign, which was launched from Homs Governorate, and they offered many goods and services for only one Syrian pound and for a limited period, which contributed to an increase in demand for cutting Syrian metal pounds, as many citizens searched for places to buy them. Even if the price of one pound reaches (500 pounds).
However, this campaign provoked the ridicule and ridicule of many Syrian citizens, noting that it is just a fake play, and that the cost of the country suffers from it needs a radical solution, not just campaigns on social networking sites that only last for a short period, so that the situation after that returns to what it was Previously.
One of the followers on the website, "Twitter", said: "A country where the citizen’s life and dignity are cheaper ... and who occupy the world in lira, I mean, on the basis of the end of the high price after this campaign ??"
Others mocked their saying that if he was suffering from high price previously, he would suffer with this campaign by not having "no pounds", and one of them said: "I mean, if we don't have high prices, we will be thrown because we have no lira."
Another said: "The camel is lira and there is no lira."
While the campaign received the support of many, pointing out that what the government was unable to do, the people could achieve it, and one of them said, explaining the goal of this campaign: "The government failed to do it ... The people are achieving it. It may seem to you a crazy or illogical idea, but thousands of shops And cafes in Syria started with the campaign # Our Lirazatna, which are offers in exchange for one Syrian pound and expectations that the exchange rate will be affected against the dollar during the coming hours.
On the other hand, the campaign raised the grief of many citizens, who went back in time to the period that they used to call "the beautiful time", when the Syrian pound had a great value in the markets.
It is noteworthy that the Syrian pound has fallen as a record against other foreign currencies, during the past days, as it reached a barrier of 1240 pounds per dollar according to the location of the Syrian lira.