Aden (Al-Ittihad)
The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, said at dawn yesterday that the Yemeni state is continuing to pursue a policy of “economic assertiveness” in the face of the dangerous transgressions committed by the Houthi group, which threatens to plunge the country into a comprehensive humanitarian catastrophe.
This came in a televised speech by Al-Alimi, read on his behalf by the Yemeni Minister of Endowments and Guidance, Muhammad Shabiba, on the eve of Eid Al-Adha. Al-Alimi said that the overwhelming popular and political support for the decisions of the Central Bank of Yemen proved the validity of the “economic firmness” policy, which aimed to confirm the legal and financial status of the Yemeni state, protect the banking sector and depositors’ funds from Houthi violations, and combat money laundering.
He added that these decisions also aim to save the national economy from the danger of international isolation following the decision to classify the Houthi group, whose negative repercussions may affect the entire Yemeni financial sector.
Al-Alimi explained that the Houthi practices necessitated strict action to distinguish between the legal monetary system managed by the Central Bank and the war economy on which the Houthi group feeds. He called on the Yemeni people to support and support these decisions and act in accordance with them and not to pay attention to the misleading propaganda through the platforms of the group that has monopolized the country’s capabilities without bearing any obligations towards the citizens in the areas under its control by brute force.
Al-Alimi pledged to stand by the Yemenis and seek to serve them and move towards achieving a just and comprehensive peace in accordance with the terms of reference for the solution agreed upon nationally, regionally and internationally, stressing the Yemeni state’s commitment to improving the economic and living conditions resulting from the Houthi war and “its devastating repercussions at various levels, including targeting oil installations and pipelines.” International navigation in order to deepen the crisis and exacerbate the aches and pains.”
The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council stressed that “the greatest holiday will be the day of restoring national institutions and liberating the land of Yemen from projects of extremism and hatred… and the day of restoring happy Yemen.” He pointed to “the Houthi campaign of abuse that targeted dozens of employees working in humanitarian and international agencies and human rights activists,” noting that this confirms that “the legitimate authorities are proceeding on the right path, especially by calling on international organizations to move their main headquarters to the temporary capital, Aden, so that they do not remain a hostage to the government.” The group and its repressive apparatus.
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