To ward off the embarrassment of absurd spending ... Half a salary expected from the Houthi
English - Thursday 22 October 2020 الساعة 10:34 am
Sanaa, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
The employees in the areas of the Houthi coup are waiting for the third month in a row for the militia’s promises to spend half a month’s salary from employees ’rights looted since September 2016.
In conversations with (NewsYemen), employees in Sana'a expected that the Houthi militia would postpone the date of paying the promised half of the salary until the anniversary of the "birth of the Prophet" approaches, in order to prevent itself from the embarrassment of extravagant spending on the celebration in light of the aggravation of the suffering of citizens, the increase in poverty rates and the need of more than 20 million Yemenis for food security.
Teachers in the Houthi militia-controlled areas began their school year with great disappointment after their expectations were to receive half the salary in conjunction with the start of the school year, helping them to provide the minimum obligations and buy what was available of school supplies for their children.
Ali Al-Wasabi said to (NewsYemen): “We are suffering and almost losing our patience while we wait for this half, which they give to us every third month,” indicating that the announcement of spending half of the salary every second month is “just a media bang.”
He added, "The teacher condition is the worst in the state, there are no incentives or extra pay for him in the entire year," stressing that half of the promised salary in light of high prices and successive crises is not sufficient for anything.
Amal Ibrahim, an employee in one of the ministries, thinks that the Houthi militia works according the proverb “Starve your dog and he shall follow you", accusing the Houthi militia of deliberately raising the prices of foodstuffs and hiding oil derivatives, considering that postponing the payment of half the promised salary until the "birth of the Prophet" and employing this politically is considered "harm" to employees.
She added, "I was surprised at saying that they cannot pay half of the salary under the pretext of moving the bank to Aden, and what about the festivities they hold throughout the year and expenditures on these celebrations, and the levies and taxes that are imposed on merchants."
She wondered in this context: "Isn't the employee more entitled to these disbursements?"
