The "I want my salary" campaign is chasing the Houthi militia, and the latter is creating pretexts to suppress it
English - Saturday 15 July 2023 الساعة 07:28 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, exclusive:
A campaign carried out by human rights activists, academics, and employees to demand the payment of looted salaries for nearly eight years has sparked panic among the Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen.
Days after the launch of the campaign under the hashtag "I want my salary", the Houthi militia claimed to have seized what it called a "criminal cell", claiming that it was targeting "the homeland, destabilizing security and stability, and disturbing public peace."
A few days ago, a spontaneous protest campaign was escalating for thousands of male and female employees and human rights activists on social networks, demanding that the Houthi militia pay salaries from tax revenues, customs, fees, various levies, and the price differences of oil derivatives.
Under the hashtags "#I want my salary" and "#We will not wait until we die", a large segment of state employees in various sectors denounces the Houthi starvation and impoverishment practices, the looting of their salaries and the theft of UN food aid, also referring to financial and administrative corruption practices and personal waste of public resources and revenues. According to racist standards and abhorrent family paralysis.
Houthi attempts to distract citizens from their rights
Commenting on the allegations of arresting what was described as a criminal cell, activists considered that the Houthi militia is trying to distract citizens from claiming their legal rights and stolen salaries, according to a strategy that suggests to them that they are at risk, and that their social security is under constant threat, thus questioning the patriotism of those who oppose its policy.
The Houthi militia claimed that it was able to thwart the intelligence plans of countries of what it described as "aggression" and to arrest elements of a criminal cell before carrying out criminal operations targeting the security and stability of the country. It also called on all citizens to be vigilant and report any suspicious movements that destabilize security and disturb public tranquility, and not to succumb to what it described as rumors and false news, which the Houthi militia claimed were serving the enemy and its plans aimed at destabilizing security and disturbing public peace.
In addition, the former Vice President of Hajjah University for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies, Dr. Hassan Nasser Sarar, considered that the payment of salaries is more important, more useful, more beloved, and better than a thousand lectures, a thousand sermons, and a thousand courses, in reference to the increasing frequency of lectures and speeches of the leaders of the Houthi militia during the past few days.
He also considered that the issue of salaries is a collective grievance that has pervaded all people, and that paying employees' salaries is a legal obligation, a humanitarian necessity, and a national responsibility.
