Disagreements between Congress parliamentarians and militias due to Houthi amendments that confiscate the independence of the judiciary
English - Sunday 12 September 2021 الساعة 09:01 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
Sources close to the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, revealed to NewsYemen that strong disputes erupted between members of the Sana’a Parliament who are affiliated with the militias and their counterparts from the conference, over issues related to a package of legal amendments that the militias seek to submit to Parliament.
According to the sources, the members of the House of Representatives belonging to the General People’s Congress informed their colleagues affiliated with the militias of their refusal to accept the package of legal amendments that the militia deputies spoke about during individual and group meetings prior to the date of the current parliament session, noting that these amendments require constitutional and legal procedures to be approved and approved. Which is not currently available, especially in light of the lack of a quorum for Parliament sessions, where only a small number of members attend the sessions, especially after the increase in deaths among members of the Council, in addition to the amendments that the militias are talking about aimed at confiscating the independence of the judiciary, which is Which is contrary to the country's constitution and laws in force.
And last Monday’s session witnessed disagreements between the members of the conference in Parliament and leaders affiliated with the militias, as the head of the conference bloc, Azzam Salah, withdrew from the session while the leader of the militias and the Minister of Health, Taha Al-Mutawakkil, gave his responses to the members’ questions after disputes erupted between him and some members of Parliament affiliated with the militias. Those who considered that the interrogation of the Houthi Minister of Health falls within the framework of the conferences in Sanaa launching campaigns targeting and accusing Houthi leaders of corruption.
Although Salah returned to continue attending parliament sessions from the next day, the sources confirmed that there is a strong disagreement regarding the legal amendments that the Houthi militia wants to pass during the current session of the Council, most of which are concentrated in amendments related to the laws of the judicial authority and judicial procedures, which is what the Houthi leader previously referred to. And a member of the so-called Supreme Political Council of the Militia, Muhammad Ali al-Houthi, in tweets on his Twitter page, where he indicated that there is a package of legal amendments to litigation laws that will be submitted to Parliament.
And Muhammad Ali al-Houthi was assigned by the militias to take over the so-called head of the Judicial Committee, which is a non-constitutional and legal entity that was created by the militias with the aim of tightening control over the judicial authority, which the Constitution of the Republic of Yemen and its applicable laws stipulate its complete independence from the rest of the authorities.
