Two sources: a "decision crisis" within legitimacy and holding Ali Mohsen responsible for the repercussions in Al-Hujariyah and the 35-armored brigade
English - Sunday 12 July 2020 الساعة 03:11 pm
Riyadh/ Taiz / Mocha, Newsyemen, Amjad Qureshi:
Two informed sources told Newsyemen that high and balanced leaderships in legitimacy, including members of President Hadi's advisory committee, held Vice President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar fully responsible for the serious repercussions of appointing Abdulrahman Shamsani as Commander of the 35 armored brigade to succeed Brigadier General Adnan Al Hammadi.
One of the sources, a political and party leader, said that the presidency confirmed that the deputy was the one who pushed the candidacy and behind the issuance of the sudden decision, which triggered a crisis and field congestion on the ground in Al-Hujariyah and caused a parallel crisis at the political level in the circles of the supreme legal authorities and between their parties.
The decision sparked widespread discontent among the popular, military and political circles alike in Taiz and Al-Hujariyah, and left a shock to officers who described and affiliated the first military brigade in the nucleus of the national army and who was credited with liberating most of the liberated areas of Taiz.
The latest exacerbation came in an atmosphere of escalation and military build-up of the Brotherhood's militias and supported and country-funded camps towards the soil and the scope of the 35-armored brigade backed by full coverage of the Taiz axis command calculated on the Brotherhood and the hard-line Qatari wing.
Officers describing the 35th Armored Brigade in a statement on Saturday called on President Hadi to reconsider the decision and to appoint a commander from the brigade's officers and the companions of the martyr Adnan Al-Hammadi.
The officers accused the appointed commander (Shamsani) of being part of the incitement and targeting circle of Brigadier Al-Hammadi before his killing, and of the brigade, and storming the theater of brigade 35 operations in Al-Hujariyah with malicious military campaigns.
A political source familiar with Newsyemen on Saturday morning from Riyadh said that Ali Mohsen had been "refusing or avoiding" until the last hours an interview with officials, official and party leaders in the legitimacy, related to the crisis and the issue itself.
The two sources conveyed a crisis atmosphere between the senior leadership levels in the legitimacy authorities.
The sources that spoke with Newsyemen do not exclude the developments and their repercussions affecting the course of ongoing consultations and talks on the mechanism for implementing the Riyadh Agreement and forming a new government.
In a statement and a letter addressed to President Abd Rabuh Mansour Hadi, officers described the 35th Armored Brigade "while the members of the brigade are awaiting completion and announcing the results of investigations into the assassination of the martyr commander and arresting those involved in the sinful crime whose names were mentioned in the investigation records or those who were issued arrest warrants from the criminal prosecution surprised us by the issuance of this disappointing decision.
The statement said that the appointed Shamsani "had a hostile role against the brigade and the martyr commander, as his forces participated in storming the theater of the brigade's 35 armored operations in battles that resulted in the death of a number of martyrs and wounded people from the brigade 35 and his forces are still stationed in a part of the theater of the brigade 35 operations and spread With its heavy and medium-sized crews and weapons up to the moment. "
Military sources in Al-Turbah told Newsyemen that the military commander of the 35th Armored Brigade, Marwan al-Barah, survived an assassination attempt by the forces of the Fourth Brigade, Mashhad al-Jabali, affiliated to the Islah Party, and one of the soldiers of the 35th Armored Brigade was seriously wounded in the assassination attempt, and that the 35th Brigade forces responded to the fire sources extensively.
Meanwhile, there were reports of additional forces being mobilized to Al-Hujariyah and towards Al-Turbah after days of tension and a military escalation culminating in the seizure of Jabran Sabran sites belonging to the 35 armored brigade and handing them over to Hammoud Al-Mikhlafi's forces.
A local source in Al-Hujariyah said Saturday evening that conditions are very tense and can explode at any moment
