The airport, the port, and now the bank... the armistice is at the service of the Houthis

English - Monday 13 June 2022 الساعة 08:36 am
Aden, NewsYemen, special:

The terrorist Houthi militia, Iran's arm in Yemen, continues to blackmail the legitimate government and the Arab coalition to achieve political goals, using a purely humanitarian file that was supposed to be implemented within the commitments of the UN armistice that was extended for two more months.

During the first truce, the militias were able to reopen Sanaa International Airport to commercial flights, and the port of Hodeidah to oil derivatives ships, within commitments that included the militias lifting the siege on Taiz and opening the main roads between the governorates, but the commitments were not implemented.

Currently, the militias are seeking to achieve new gains represented in returning the Central Bank of Yemen to Sana'a under the pretext of unifying the currency and stabilizing the Yemeni riyal, which was destabilized by the militias' decisions themselves.

The militias’ decisions, which were taken nearly three years ago, prohibited dealing with the new edition of the 500 and 1000 banknotes, which created an economic gap and a large difference in currency rates between the liberated areas and the areas under the control of the Houthi militia.

The militias’ movements to return the bank to Sanaa are being assisted and assisted by partisan parties that reject the removal of former President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the formation of the Presidential Leadership Council, claiming their support for Yemeni legitimacy and their opposition to the Houthi militias.

And accounts on social networking sites loyal to the Houthis and Islah began promoting the return of the Central Bank to Sanaa, either as an economic necessity or as a failure and concession from the Presidential Council, such as previous concessions regarding the passport and the opening of the port and airport.

These moves alerted her to the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, which announced in its meeting, yesterday, Saturday, its categorical rejection of any attempts to transfer the Central Bank to Sanaa.

The authority stressed the importance and symbolism of the central bank as a sovereign institution of the state, stressing that compromising it, or transferring its functions in whole or in part outside the internationally recognized capital, Aden, is a violation of state sovereignty and the legitimacy of the equitable government emanating from the Riyadh Agreement.

In its meeting, which was attended by a number of council ministers in the equal government, the Presidency warned the suspicious elements in the bank’s management of the consequences of their movements with some parties abroad, stressing that it closely monitors these suspicious movements, and is following with interest the threads of conspiracy that these elements weave in a miserable endeavor.  To transfer the bank to Sanaa, the capital of the Houthi militia, through its representative, Mansour Rajeh, who previously headed a Houthi economic delegation to Germany in late 2018.

It called on the internationally recognized government of parity to carry out its national and legal duty to issue personal cards from the capital, Aden, as the capital of the state, as well as to carry out its national responsibilities in controlling economic resources and collecting revenues to the central bank, working to revive the national economy, controlling the currency exchange rate and stopping the economic collapse.  Providing services to citizens, especially electricity, education, and health.