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The Islah Party's vision of good governance, the form of the state and the regime

الأربعاء 29 مارس - آذار 2023 الساعة 10 مساءً / alislah-ye.net - Exclusive

 

 

The visions of the Yemeni Islah Party that were presented at the National Dialogue Conference were characterized by realism, inclusiveness, and taking into account the local environment in terms of proposed solutions to the various crises that the country has been suffering from for a long time. At the forefront of these issues are: Good governance, the regime and the form of the state. Visions on these issues included presenting proposals to end centralization, ensure fair distribution of wealth and broad participation of society with all its components in power. In its visions, the Islah Party was also keen to lay down rules and foundations that prevent the emergence of crises and political conflicts that prevent the state from fulfilling its obligations and limit the participation of society and the private sector in construction and comprehensive development.

The crisis of governance and the form of the state, as well as the lack of good governance in Yemen, represented the most prominent obstacles that prevented the normal development of the Yemeni state during recent decades, where imbalances in governance and the way the country was managed based on chaotic, random, moody and nepotism led to the emergence of many political, economic and social crises. These crises and their interactions continued to cast their dark shadows on the various components and segments of Yemeni society. These crises led to widening the gaps between the ruling regime and the people until the revolution of February 11, 2011 broke out, which resulted in the National Dialogue Conference in which various Yemeni parties and components participated. The outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference served as social contract to solve the country's various issues and crises and move towards building a modern civil state.

 

- The Islah Party's vision of good governance:

The demand for good governance was one of the titles of the peaceful popular struggle for comprehensive political and economic reform before the outbreak of the February 11, 2011 revolution. The importance of this issue has increased because it touches on the basic imbalances that Yemen has been suffering from for decades. During the work of the National Dialogue Conference, this issue was enriched with observations and proposals as one of the most important requirements for political reform.

In the vision presented to the National Dialogue Conference on the issue of good governance, the Islah Party focused on resolving the prevailing imbalances in the political system, such as the monopoly of power, the overlapping of the work of the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, the imbalance of the relationship between the state and society, the centralization of governance, the lack of independence of the judiciary, the use of the military institution in political and partisan work, although the constitution criminalized this, the lack of justice and equality, and the misuse of public money.

Accordingly, and according to the vision of the Islah Party that was presented to the National Dialogue Conference, the requirements of good governance emphasized the rebuilding of the political system based on institutions with clear specializations and powers, the separation of the executive, legislative and judicial authorities and defining a clear relationship between them, in a way that prevents overstepping an authority over another and prevent the monopoly or misuse of power by any person, segment or body and restore balance in the relationship between the state and society.

In its vision, the Islah Party also suggested adopting a decentralized system that is commensurate with the conditions of Yemeni society and embodies the foundations and rules of good governance and achieves its goals, as well as setting the rules and foundations that prevent the occurrence of political crises and conflicts that are a source of renewed confusion that prevents the state from fulfilling its obligations and limits the participation of society and the private sector in comprehensive construction and development.

With regard to the reference for good governance, the vision of the Islah Party indicated that the principles and mechanisms of good governance should be based on the Islamic reference to ensure individual support and full societal interaction.

With regard to the judiciary, the vision of the Islah Party stipulated the independence and empowerment of the judiciary to play its role in applying the law, adjudicating disputes and protecting rights and freedoms away from the influence of the influential people in power and society.

In order to avoid using the military institution in the political conflict, deviating it from its national mission, and distracting its military doctrine, the Islah Party - in its vision of the requirements of good governance - has emphasized the neutralization of the military and security institution from political work, preventing any private hegemony over those two institutions, directing their energies to defending the homeland, its sovereignty and independence, providing security and stability for citizens, stressing the importance of harnessing the means of power and sources of wealth for the benefit of the people, limiting the proliferation of weapons, not allowing the acquisition of heavy weapons except for the state, and dealing with all citizens without discrimination or favouritism.

Since the process of peaceful transfer of power is fraught with many obstacles, the Islah Party had proposed issuing a law that regulates the peaceful transfer of power and defines the positions that are subject to rotation, positions based on competence and competition, as well as preventing the perpetuation and inheritance of leadership positions and preventing one person from assuming multiple tasks and responsibilities. Likewise, the Islah Party stressed the importance of achieving justice in approving and implementing development projects, calling for criminalizing the use of public money in political work and not allowing selective dealings with regions and stakeholders.

 

- Form of the State:

The form of the state means whether it is a centralized or decentralized state, a simple state or a compound federal state, as well as the distribution of powers between the central and decentralized authorities and their reconciliation. Given that the Yemeni state has been centralized over the past decades, and how centralization has paralyzed the state and disrupted its social functioning, the transition from centralization to decentralization - amid the complex legacies of the era of the centralized state - will make the transition process to decentralization very difficult. Therefore, the issue of the form of the state was one of the issues that attracted the attention of the various parties and components that participated in the National Dialogue Conference and received extensive discussion until an agreement was reached on a federal regime consisting of six territories.

In its vision of the form of the state, the Islah Party believes that determining any of the applied formulas for the decentralization system that is appropriate for Yemen and its people is the formula that stems from the realities of all the complexities, problems, negatives and positives of the country’s reality on the cultural, social, economic and political level, as well as on the geographical and demographic level, where there is no single formula or rigid models for decentralization regimes. Therefore, the Islah Party's vision of the form of the state stems from the following foundations and determinants:

1- That it be a state in which the concentration of power at the top of the administrative hierarchy is eliminated and in which decentralization is achieved in a manner that suits Yemen and its people.

2- That it be a civil state with a republican regime in which the goals of the Yemeni revolutions of September 26, October 14 and the February 11 popular peaceful youth revolution are achieved.

3- To be a state that preserves the unity, sovereignty, security and stability of Yemen.

4- A state that relies on the principle of elections as a basis for forming the leadership of the decentralized regime.

5- Clear delineation of central and decentralized authorities and powers, in a way that enables the bodies and leaders of decentralized regime to manage their affairs.

6- A state that achieves democracy for the people based on Shura, because the people are the owner and source of power.

7- A state that achieves the principles of equal citizenship and national partnership in power and wealth.

- A state that preserves the dignity of the Yemeni human being, given that the state is an end and a means to achieve the aspirations of its citizens.

9- A state that achieves a comprehensive renaissance for its people and guarantees them equal job opportunities and decent means of living.

10- A state in which the natural wealth and public resources belong to the Yemeni people with ensuring that the decentralized units optain a fair percentage of the revenues of the wealth extracted from it and that all local units participate in equal development that is funded from the state’s general wealth and resources, and it should also determine the exact resources and sovereign wealth and decentralized resources and wealth.

11- A state in which the judiciary is the referee for adjudicating disputes arising between central and decentralized authorities, as determined by law.

 - The regime:

Different countries in the world have different forms of political systems that can be parliamentary, presidential or mixed, according to a number of rules and foundations emanating from the state's internal and external environment. The political culture of each country is the governing framework for choosing its type or political system, provided that it is associated with institutionalism, distribution of power, integrity, transparency, separation of powers and fulfillment of the aspirations of the people.

With regard to the presidential regime, the Islah Party has a special perspective on the patterns and forms of the regime, based on the extent to which the local environment is appropriate for any form of it. Although the Islah Party has mentioned in its vision of the regime that the presidential regime enhances the role of the executive authority and makes the president of state a president of that authority and creates a direct balance between the executive and legislative authorities. But in return for that, the Islah Party believes that the president's authority is complete over the executive authority, where it makes the members of the government as his advisers in representing the policy he adopts and the legislative authority cannot withhold confidence from him because he was elected by the people.

As for the mixed regime that is based on the principle of separation of state powers, the Islah Party believes that this regime works to create duality in the exercise of the executive authority, where the executive authority in it is distributed between the president and the government, and this in turn leads to conflict and evasion of responsibility.

Therefore, the Islah Party believes - in its vision of the regime - that the parliamentary regime is the most appropriate for Yemen because, according to the Party's vision, it works to embody the principle of separation of powers and expresses the will of the masses by creating a balance between the three powers of the state and enhances the spirit of collective administration, where the the parliamentary regime puts the executive authority in the hands of the government, which manages its affairs through collective management, and makes the work of the state authorities a complementary work between them, and eliminates the duplication and overlapping of the functions of the presidency with those of the government.

regime works to oblige the government to assume its full responsibility in managing state affairs under direct parliamentary supervision by the legislative authority, which often consists of two councils, one representing the population of the state and the other representing the Governorates, territories or states, depending on the form of the state, whether it is a simple amalgamation state or a compound federal state. In the parliamentary regime, the government is formed from the party that wins the majority of votes as a result of direct, free and fair elections, or it is a coalition government from a group of winning parties in parliament, and the president in the parliamentary regime is a symbol of the state’s sovereignty and is mostly elected by the legislative authority. His powers are regulated according to clear constitutional rules.

In its vision of the regime, the Islah Party also believes that the parliamentary regime must achieve the goals of the September and October revolutions as well as the peaceful popular February youth revolution and embodies the constitutional and democratic foundations that reflect the desire of the Yemeni people to get rid of the tyranny from which they have suffered a lot, given that the parliamentary regime works on separation between state authorities clearly and working to find a pattern for integration between them. The parliamentary regime gives parliament the power to grant confidence to the government, to question the government and to vote of no confidence in the government. Parliament is also given the right to submit and issue laws and the government is bound to implement them. In contrast, the Islah Party believes that the executive authority has the right to submit laws to parliament, and it also has the right to dissolve parliament and call for early elections in the event that the dispute between the legislative and executive authorities reaches a point where it becomes difficult to manage state affairs.

In its vision, the Islah Party drew attention to the fact that one of the things that enhance its choice of the parliamentary regime is that this regime will meet the desires of the Yemeni people for liberation from tyranny, duality of power and the transition to a new stage, which is the stage of collective administration that expresses truly the democratic will of the Yemeni people who are owner and source of power, as well as domination and unilateralism in making political and strategic decisions in it is non-existent.

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