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Chairman of the Abyan Islah Party: Islah Party pushes towards arranging political life and unifying national efforts to defeat the coup

الإثنين 28 يونيو-حزيران 2021 الساعة 05 مساءً / alislah-ye.net - Exclusive
 

 

Chairman of the Executive Office of the Yemeni Islah Party in Abyan Governorate, Mr. Ali Khadhr Nasser, stressed that the Riyadh Agreement is the way out for everyone and that everyone must work to make it a success.

In an interview with the alislah-ye.net website, Nasser stressed the need for everyone to prioritize the national interest and work to end the division and create a state of institutions.

The interview touched on the performance of the Islah Party in the Governorate and the coordination between political parties, as well as the requirements of the people of the Governorate that the local authority must work to achieve.

Interview text:

First, what are the roles that the Islah Party played in Abyan over the past six years?

- At the outset, we thank alislah-ye.net website for this interview and point out that the Yemeni Islah Party in Abyan had a role in uniting all political forces and coordinating between the resistance men and participated alongside all the national forces in liberating the Governorate from the enemy Houthi during the war with the Houthi militia, as well as the Islah Party worked on forming a Coordination Council for the Political Parties and Forces to unify efforts in a way that serves the Governorate.

What did you do in order to revitalize the political life that was swept away by the Houthi coup?

- The Islah Party tried to push for arranging political life as well as unifying national efforts to work within the framework of a common entity, and it brought together most of the parties, independents and all national forces in a framework that resists the coup and confronts the Houthi militia.

Is there communication, coordination and dialogues between the Islah Party and the political parties in the governorate? And to what level?

- There is coordination with the parties on many issues, but unfortunately the successive events and the division in the Governorate affected the work and activities of the parties, but communication with political parties continues and we are in contact with all parties.

How do you view the political partisan performance in Abyan and the performance of the branch of the National Alliance of the Political Parties and Forces?

- The performance of the parties is good, but there is a marginalization of the role of political parties by the government and local authorities in the Governorates, and even some political parties do not care about their branches in the Governorates. And the parties are working according to the available capabilities, and the performance of the branches of the parties at this stage is still weak due to the war and armed conflicts, but we hope the political parties will cooperate with each other in order to restore political and civil life and end the Houthi coup, which was the main reason for what happened.

To what level has the leadership and societal role of women in the Islah Party reached in the Governorate? And what is the hoped-for role to play their role to the fullest?

- Women in the Islah Party play an active role in society, especially in the field of development and education, as well as in charitable and community work, and in the coming days we hope that they will have more participation in political, economic and social life.

Is there cooperation and communication between the local authority and the political parties in the Governorate?

- There is communication with the local authority, but it is not up to the required level so that the parties participate in planning, development and building the Governorate, which has suffered from the scourge of wars.

How does the Islah Party adopt the demands of the people of the Governorate in order to achieve security, stability and the provision of services?

- The Islah Party encourages all those who work to achieve security stability, and the political parties issued several statements calling on the security services to play their role and also to encourage social figures to play the role of conflict resolution between people.

With regard to services, we tried to sit down with the local authorities and asked the government to provide the most important services, foremost of which is electricity, but unfortunately, so far it has not worked to provide electricity service on a regular basis or at least like in other Governorates. Abyan is still wounded by successive wars, which affected the infrastructure, so the citizen pays the price because of the wars, as well as the persistence of corruption in some government departments, as well as the government's neglect of the Governorate's demands, foremost of which is electricity.

 

 What are the problems that Abyan Governorate is facing and that require everyone's cooperation to overcome them?

- The most important problem is the division happening between the legitimacy and the Southern Transitional Council, while the Governorate’s revenues are not being supplied properly and the citizen has not seen any improvement in services. Here we call on the local authorities to assume their responsibility in providing services, the most important of which is electricity, as well as improving roads, streets, sanitation and hygiene services. For example, the employee has become poor, especially the teacher, and most of the people of the Governorate, especially those who are living in the cities, depend on the job that no longer meets the basic requirements, and here I call on the government to reconsider the wage structure.

What does the Riyadh Agreement mean for you in the Abyan Governorate?

- The Riyadh Agreement is the way out for everyone, and everyone must work to make it a success. Therefore, we call on the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to press for the implementation of the Agreement.

 How do you read the steps that have been accomplished from the Agreement and have positively affected the Governorate?

- Yes, the most important step in the Governorate is to stop the war, stop the bloodshed and withdraw forces from the lines of contact, and this is a positive thing that restored the spirit of hope to the possibility of reconciliation and the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and somewhat restored life to the Governorate, which suffered from wars and is still suffering.

From your point of view, what are the risks that will be caused by the failure to implement the security and military part of the Riyadh Agreement?

- Failure to implement the security and military aspect increases chaos and leads to instability.

Is there coordination between the political parties and components in the Governorate in order to cooperate to make the Riyadh Agreement a success?

- The political parties in the Governorate cannot do that, but we will strive with all the good people to make the Riyadh Agreement a success.

What would you like to add at the end of this interview?

Finally, we highly appreciate the efforts made by the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in sponsoring the Riyadh Agreement, and we call on everyone to prioritize the national interest and work to end the division and create a state of institutions.

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