Legitimacy and Al-Houthi..media exchange over the eligibility to withdraw the International Fund loan

English - Wednesday 01 September 2021 الساعة 09:53 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:

Nearly 6 years after its armed coup and its (illegal) takeover of state institutions and their in-kind and cash funds in Sanaa and the neighboring governorates, the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi recalled the illegality of the practices and actions of the Houthi coup militia in Yemen.

In what she said was a warning announcement, the government of Maeen Abdul-Malik called upon and warned "citizens, businessmen and local, regional or international companies" against dealing or cooperating financially (selling, buying, and participating in managing funds) with the Houthi militia or any entities affiliated with it, considering this as "participation in what it is committing."  Militia are crimes whose perpetrators will be punished, and there is no statute of limitations.”

In his tweets on Twitter, the Minister of Information and Culture, Muammar Al-Eryani, reiterated the government's assertion that "all measures and actions taken and carried out by the Iran-backed Houthi militia are null and void," vowing to hold accountable "and punish everyone who was involved, participated in, or contributed to providing assistance to it.

This government warning came "in view of the spread of looting crimes and the illegal appropriation of public and private funds by the Houthi militia, and people and entities affiliated with it."

The government vowed to take legal measures to prosecute "the perpetrators of these crimes or those who participated or identified with them in any way", criminally and judicially at various levels locally and internationally, and put entities and individuals on the blacklists wanted internally and externally.

This media exchange comes against the backdrop of the International Monetary Fund's announcement of its approval "to allocate units of drawing rights in the amount of (665 million dollars) as a loan to Yemen and granting the authority to dispose of it to the branch of the Central Bank in Aden."

The Houthi militia demanded the International Monetary Fund to freeze the decision and manage the withdrawal rights units through what it called a third party "to ensure that the value of these units is used to finance merchandise imports at the Yemeni legal national currency prices, and allocate the equivalent in Yemeni riyals to pay the salaries of the state's public service employees."  As far as it is claimed.

It implicitly accused the legitimate government of practicing financial and administrative corruption, recalling what was included in international reports, accusing the government of "corruption and money laundering in operations related to the management of the assets and resources of the Yemeni people, whether those resulting from sales of crude oil and gas or those related to their use of the Saudi deposit."

In the event that the International Monetary Fund rejects its demands, the Houthi militia claimed that it would retain the legal right of the Yemeni people “to hold accountable and prosecute any party or party that works, facilitates, or contributes directly or indirectly to exploiting and wasting and appropriating the rights and capabilities of the Yemeni people.”