A broad north-south rejection of the Muscat negotiations.. Since when does the Houthi abide by the agreements?
English - Thursday 09 February 2023 الساعة 04:06 pm
Al-Mokha, NewsYemen, exclusive
The secret negotiations taking place in the Omani capital, Muscat, between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Houthi group, some details of which were revealed by the media, showed the widespread popular rejection of those negotiations, which exclude the most important southern and northern forces opposed to Iran's arm in Yemen.
The Yemenis fear a repetition of the Lebanese scenario of handing the country over to Iran under agreements sponsored by countries that work semi-officially in favor of pro-Iranian groups.
The Yemenis strongly reject those negotiations taking place in Muscat, which, according to media sources, are close to declaring their success with the victory of the Iranian arm and the handing over of the country's capabilities and wealth.
Activists launched campaigns on social media to reject those negotiations, which many described as "malicious." A massive demonstration took place earlier this week in the city of Taiz, rejecting the negotiations with Iran's militias, and demanding the completion of the liberation of the province and other regions.
Politicians believe that the Houthi group does not believe in peace or partnership, and it is strange that many believe that the group might accept the restoration of the state through negotiations.
The sources indicate that the agreement will lead to the declaration of a permanent truce and the creation of peace zones on the Yemeni-Saudi borders, the militias receiving salaries and the supply of more than half of the revenues to the group’s treasury in Sana’a, and the opening of ports, airports and outlets for the group as a first stage to be followed by other stages.
This agreement confirms the surrender of all the country's capabilities, the militias' obtaining what they want and what they have been calling for for years, and the fall of the legitimacy of restoring the state and establishing the Iranian arm in Yemen.
Chairman of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, Muhammad Al-Ghaithi, stressed that a comprehensive and just peace was not achieved by previous solutions and initiatives, indicating that the result of this will be a new round of war and conflict.
Al-Ghaithi said, in a tweet to him, "It is normal for people and political elites to express their fears, and it is not right for these fears to turn into a state of frustration."
Al-Ghaithi added, "A comprehensive, just and lasting peace is everyone's aspiration, but this peace has not been achieved by the 'patchwork' solutions and initiatives led by the international and regional community in 1994, 2012, 2013, 2015...until today."
Al-Ghaithi stressed: "We do not need to jump again on our reality, because the result will be like the previous ones, a round of war and conflict," explaining that reconciliation and peace begin with designing a framework for a comprehensive process, a framework that includes a real treatment of the roots of the crisis, and considerations of reality, in which everyone participates, to ensure its permanence, concluding by saying: “We are advocates of peace, so we call for a “serious step.”
The researcher, Saeed Bakran, stressed the importance of the position rejecting the secret negotiations that exclude the parties on the ground.
Bakran said, in his tweet, that this position must be unanimous by all powers, north and south.
Bakran emphasized the refusal of a party to monopolize the representation of legitimacy and to make decisions without referring to the collective form of legitimacy.
Yemeni journalist Naif Hassan confirmed that the militias are maneuvering to play for time and try to win over the neighbors and neutralize them through these negotiations.
Strangely, Hassan said that there are people who believe that it is possible to "restore the state" through negotiations, and that the Houthi militia can accept peace and return things to before their coup that took place in 2014 .
Hassan indicated that what the Houthi militia is doing today is just a maneuver to play against time, and an attempt to win over the neighbors and neutralize them, explaining that the militia wants to spread hope among its followers and those under its control. In addition to achieving a political gain, according to which the war will end as it wanted: direct negotiations between it and Saudi Arabia.
He stressed that al-Houthi did not carry out his coup to demand political and economic reforms, but rather to restore the "imamate" and completely change the political system and the political and social structure, wondering: When was al-Houthi abiding by covenants, covenants and peace agreements?
In turn, a member of the negotiation unit of the Southern Transitional Council, Anis Al-Sharafi, tweeted: The truth is that Sana’a and the areas controlled by the Houthi militia are no longer Yemeni or Arab, but rather a Persian that has shed the dress of Arabism and has fallen into the arms of Persia and wrapped in the robe of the mullahs of Iran, and has handed over control of its affairs and plunged society into an abyss of sectarian division and distinction My class, so what peace are you talking about and who guarantees that Al-Houthi will accept a political partnership.
