Al-Zubaidi's statements and the escalating debate about the government... the need for a responsible political discourse
English - Tuesday 20 June 2023 الساعة 03:01 pm
Al-Mokha, NewsYemen, exclusive:
With the recent escalation of the controversy between the components of the legitimate government about the performance of the government of Maeen Abdul Malik and the acute shortage of basic services for citizens in the liberated areas, there is a need for a responsible political discourse that restores matters to normal and reminds those involved in disputes and controversy of the real danger that threatens the country in the south and north, represented by the Houthi militia .
The statements of the President of the Southern Transitional Council, member of the Presidential Leadership Council, Aidaroos Al-Zubaidi, came at a critical time of the escalating controversy between Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik and his supporters on the one hand, and other national components that see the government’s performance as weakness, corruption and mismanagement on the other hand, a controversy that can Its heat reaches the highest authority in the country: the Presidential Leadership Council.
During the extraordinary meeting held by the Presidency of the Transitional Council, the Supreme Executive Leadership, and the heads of the auxiliary bodies last Sunday, Al-Zubaidi clearly indicated the importance of the cohesion of the Presidential Leadership Council in order to carry out its tasks and responsibilities towards facing the challenges on the scene in the south and north, at the forefront of which is addressing the dangers and threats of the Houthi militia.
Al-Zubaidi's statements and the course of the extraordinary meeting of the Transitional Council, which were reported by the media during the past two days, came at a stage where the President of the Transitional Council did not neglect to remind them of their sensitivity. These statements also seemed to be a responsible sense of the seriousness of the features of the division that began affecting state institutions. Although Al-Zubaidi did not overlook the need for comprehensive reforms affecting the government and state institutions, the message that he and the transitional leaders sent through this meeting was not to allow any differences between the national components, regardless of their degree, to affect the cohesion of the Presidential Leadership Council. In what appears to be another indirect message from the STC, not only to the government but also to the partners in the Presidential Leadership Council, Al-Zubaidi hinted at the need for comprehensive reforms in the government and state institutions to "enable the liberated governorates to manage their affairs and benefit from their capabilities."
The phrase "liberated provinces" that was mentioned in the context of the statements of the President of the Southern Transitional Council, should perhaps be stopped because it clearly refers to the usual political discourse of the leaders and officials of the legitimate government when talking about the provinces under its control, while the president and leaders of the Transitional Council used to talk about the "southern provinces." and restore the southern state. Do the political partners in the Presidential Leadership Council view the statements of the President of the Transitional Council at this "sensitive stage" as messages of national fateful rapprochement that they must pick up and build upon?
Until now, the international and regional community is still dealing with Yemen as a unified country, while the Southern Transitional Council and the components of the peaceful movement compatible with it are trying to draw the attention of the region and the world to the current situation of the unified state. Not because the region and the world do not know this situation, but rather because everyone does not look at the composition of the supreme authority in the legitimate government, where the three presidencies are occupied by leaders from northern Yemen, of which the Houthi militia controls nearly 90% of its area. While the legitimate government took Aden as its temporary capital, and while Aden embraced statesmen fleeing Sana'a following the Houthi militia's coup against power and its abuse of its opponents, the region and the world were preoccupied with the war against the Houthi militia and forgot the southern issue.
And now, after the war failed to uproot the coup militia or even force it to join a government of national partnership that includes all political and social forces, talk about the southern issue still depends on the escalation of the Transitional Council and its protest messages against the validity of the status quo. With a closer look at this situation, the south, the main partner in the unity of the year 1990, is still outside the three presidencies, while state institutions carry out their duties from Aden.
Returning to Al-Zubaidi's statements at the last extraordinary meeting of the Southern Transitional Council, the same scrutiny of the situation at the current "sensitive" stage indicates that fate may have put him in the place he is in to provide a model for the national leader that crosses the dividing borders, as long as the north of the country does not have that model of leaders. . Will fate and historical political data push him towards a greater role in national self-determination, south and north? This depends on his political performance and the availability of statesmen who do not suffer from gaps between their adoption of a responsible political discourse and their performance as leaders of the size of the great nation.
