An Unproductive Tyrant Regime
Thats almost as good as the Government of Mass Destruction. YO:
Abdul-Ghani Abdul-Qader, of the Socialist Party, described Yemen as a country run by a single party, and hence a single vision. “We are an emerging democracy,” he said. “A true, comprehensive democracy cannot exist unless there is equality among citizens and a fair distribution of resources.”
“The public has lost confidence in elections,” Mohammed Al-Sabri, of the Nasserite Party said. “People do not trust elections to bring about real change. After the 1998 riots, the President called upon parties to study the situation, but in 2005 he called on the tribal leaders. This was a dangerous move.” Al-Sabri believes that tribal influence should be kept to a minimum. Parliament was weak, he said, and with the voice of diplomacy absent, people resort to violence. Parliament has been unable to confront corrupt officials, which is why people took to the streets violently, according to Al-Sabri.
Many participants suggested that there can not be democracy without security. Political analyst Dr. Abdullah Al-Faqih refuted claims that democracy exists in Yemen. “We have an unproductive tyrant regime,” he said. “If someone criticizes it, he exposes himself kidnapping, something which many journalists have experienced.”
Mohammed Saleh, better known as “Muhsin”, of the socialist party, said that a weak opposition means absolute strength of the authority. “The opposition should introduce a practical vision in their political address,” he asserted. “We should forget the past and its terminology which only hinders the progress of the nation in every aspects.”
Fadhl Al-Aqil, of the Federation of Yemeni Workers, said that the current government was unconcerned with the security and economic needs of the people. “We will take legal action against the government unless it reviews workers’ conditions nationwide in the new Salaries and Wages Strategy,” Al-Akil said.
How cool, Parliament Demanding Its Function:
Azam Salah, chairman of the Workforce Committee, confirmed that the law of wages and salaries contravenes the constitution by 80%, citing the squeezing of job bands from 20 into 15.MPs Yassir Al-Awadhi and Nasir Arman of the ruling GPC party, deplored the government’s performance and its approach to laws. They labelled it worse than all previous governments. The government violated the constitution by bringing in laws without referring first to the council.
Arman demanded that the government “respect the law, the constitution and Parliament, instead of inventing inaccurate excuses for its misconduct…”
Al-Basha said that the minister “treats MPs the way he treats contractors, whom he pays four times the contract value”, an outright accusation of financial corruption….
During the minister’s interrogation last Monday, MPs found 80% of the public works ministry’s projects to contravene the law of tenders, and demanded his resignation.
The Minister of Health and Population, Mohammed Al-Noami said that malaria affected 60% of the population of Yemen. “Its eradication is not easy, it entails enormous resources and public and government cooperation….”
MP Abdullah Al-Udeini demanded the retention of financial grants for people with cancer and kidney failure, until the government built enough local hospitals offering treatment for the illnesses. (ed: Theres a very big shortage of dialysis machines in Yemen. Lots of construction projects, no medical facilities.)
Related: Security members (PSO) practice acts of attack and plunder of citizens’ possessions in Ibb.
Shiites: So the 12er Shia are the Iranian version and they issued a statement backing Saleh and declaring no connection to Houthi who is a Zaidi radical and not representative of most Zaidi people. Zaidism is a version of Shiaism distinct from the Iranian version and found only in Yemen, often described as moderate in that it promotes reinterpretation, dialog, and is compatable with a secular democracy. So the Wahabbis want to wipe it out. Both 12ers and Zaidis have been under attack in Yemen, as well as Hashimites in general. Ali Mohsen is a convert to Wahabbism and is leading the attack in Saada, a Zaidi region, which Sistani termed a jihad against the civilians but Saleh calls fighting the rebellion. Many analysts see it not as a religious conflict but as an attempt to weaken this sector politically. The southern socialists, on the other hand, who are enormously discriminated against, got fatwa-ed by Zindani for advocating a secular regime, resulting in the murder of a prominent party leader. Then of course anyone who believes in religious pluralism, real democracy, and an end to corruption is also not well received by the state.
