The opportunism of the "Yamani" when the tools of defeat led the battles of legitimacy against the Houthis
English - Saturday 19 August 2023 الساعة 05:35 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, exclusive:
The wave of anger against former Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani's description of the September 26 revolution as a coup shed light on the way in which the legitimacy managed the confrontation with the Houthi group during the eight years of war.
Al-Yamani described in an article published in "The Independent Arabia" the revolution of September 26, 1962, which ended the backward Imamate rule, as "a coup carried out by a group of officers," and that this coup - as he claimed - "opened the gates of hell for the Yemenis," which sparked anger. It was widely criticized by Yemeni activists on social media.
In an attempt to mitigate this, Al-Yamani said in a statement reported by journalist Faris Al-Hamiri that September 26 turned into a revolution when the people of the southern regions, the people of the central regions, and the people of Taiz came and defended it. In the beginning, it was a coup by a group of officers who copied the experience of the Free Officers in Egypt, and this is an unambiguous historical fact.
Al-Yamani attacked the criticism leveled at him and reminded him of his role in signing the Stockholm Agreement that halted the battle to liberate Hodeidah in late 2018 in his capacity as head of the government delegation, and considered that as a shameful story every day that is raised, stressing that President (Hadi) is behind this issue, the coalition and the international pressure exerted on us. As he said.
These justifications were blown up by the former government minister, Abdul Raqib Saif Fatah, in a tweet to him on the "X" platform, in which he strongly attacked Al-Yamani, describing him as an "opportunist" and his attempt to clear himself of the "Stockholm crime," revealing that former Prime Minister Ben Dagher had formed a committee to develop an integrated vision about what It is supposed to happen around Hodeidah.
Fatah added, "I and Al-Yamani were members of it, in addition to two ministers. We prepared an integrated vision for Hodeidah, from which Al-Yamani left and went alone to sign that disaster."
Al-Yamani's statements represented an opportunity to re-talk about the absurd performance with which the leadership of the legitimacy managed the battle with the Houthi group since 2015, and how this allowed the arrival of opportunistic personalities without an absolute position and loyalty to the comprehensive battle waged by the Yemenis against the Houthi group and the Imami thought in general, which led it to defeat and failure.
Writer Abd al-Salam al-Qaisi expresses his shock at al-Yamani's speech, saying: We fought for years with a foreign minister who finally said: September 26 is a coup, like hell! While the activist Magda Al-Haddad commented on the matter by saying: After what Khaled Al-Yamani said about the September 26 revolution that it was a coup, I am not surprised by the defeat of legitimacy in front of Al-Houthi as long as this was a foreign minister!!
As for the writer Hamdan Al-Ali, he says in one of his publications, commenting on what Al-Yamani said: Today I realized that the existence of these models at the top of the pyramid of power is the main reason for our losses during the past decade. Any official who does not believe in the republican system, does not care about the cause, and considers himself a mere employee, you will find him working for the Houthis in one way or another.
Journalist Hisham al-Ziyadi saw al-Yamani's statements as "revealing what is hidden about the issue of appointments within the legitimacy and that they are mere concessions and grants, and are not based on integrated action within a clear strategy to confront the coup, restore the state, and preserve the country," he said.
