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Head of the Political Department of the Hadhramawt Islah Party: The Islah Party recorded authentic national positions stemming from its adherence to the principles and values of the state, republic and pluralism

الإثنين 30 أغسطس-آب 2021 الساعة 06 مساءً / alislah-ye.net - Exclusive

  

The head of the Political Department of the Yemeni Islah Party in the Hadhramawt coast, Muhammad Ahmed Balatif, stressed the keenness of the Islah Party, since its establishment, to extend bridges of communication with the rest of the political components, parties and all segments of Yemeni society and its basic components, putting all its capabilities in the service of preserving the legitimate state.

In an exclusive interview with the alislah-ye.net website, Balatif made it clear that Islah Party’s position on the Houthi coup and its acceleration to support the Al-Hazm Storm represented another bright point in the record of its authentic national positions stemming from its keenness and firm adherence to the principles and values of the state, republic, democracy, freedom and political pluralism.

The dialogue touched upon the most important and prominent issues that the Hadhramawt Governorate and Yemen, in general, are going through, and the role of the Islah Party in the course of events.

Text of the press interview:

• How do you evaluate the performance of the Yemeni Islah Party in Hadhramawt Governorate in particular, and Yemen in general, from the course of events since the Houthi coup through the Al-Hazm Storm and the Riyadh Agreement?

Since its establishment, the Islah Party has been keen to extend bridges of communication with the rest of the political components and parties and all segments of Yemeni society and its basic components. The Islah Party has put all its capabilities in the service of preserving the legitimate state represented by its main institutions every time it felt any danger obtains them and wakes them up over the past years. In the recent period, the Islah Party found itself required to stand with all its might on the side of the legitimate state institutions at a time when they are being undermined by the Houthi coup militias, which sought to undermine all the components of the state, the revolution, the republic and the democratic system that the Yemenis accepted and struggled for achieving and consolidated over decades.

The Islah Party has found itself in front of a purely national entitlement that imposes on everyone to be stripped of all their privacy and melt into the crucible of struggle and sacrifice in order to repel this danger that attacked the country at the hands of a dynastic gang that hides evil and hatred for this country and dreams of returning the wheel of Yemeni history back, forgetting that what has been achieved since the September and October revolutions have established solid foundations on which the homeland’s building stands, which the free people have always dreamed of and struggled to achieve for decades, even centuries, from the contemporary history of Yemen at the hands of men of political, social and religious reform, who the spirits and minds of today's youth and men were imbued with it, which was culminated in the September and October revolutions and the continuous struggles that followed and vigorous steps towards establishing the foundations of a state of order, law, justice and equality, and all of this culminated in the revolution of the mature, conscious youth that came out on February 11, 2011, demanding the completion of the goals of the previous revolutions and correcting the imbalances that accompanied the stages of republican implementation, the democratic practice and the obstacles that the experience subjected to on the road to building a modern civil state, or what happened of distortions that affected the reputation of the achievement of Yemeni unity among the people, all of Yemen, north and south.

The Islah Party has found itself facing all these major challenges, side by side with the rest of the national forces over the Yemeni territory. And the Islah Party represented a model of the party loyal to its principles, honest with itself and its affiliates, and stripped of its selfishness in favor of national issues. Throughout the past periods, the Islah Party has also found itself facing national entitlements that impose themselves from time to time that compelled it to give up many of its rights and entitlements in favor of the general rights of the homeland and the citizen. Rather, it found itself compelled to make the largest share of sacrifices in various aspects and fields.

Of course, this is at the level of the country in general, but at the level of Hadhramawt Governorate, the Islah Party was distinguished by its solid stance, clarity of vision and sincerity of its logic towards many of the challenges that our dear homeland has witnessed. The Islah Party has continued to present its views regarding many issues and developments that afflicted the country in general and the Governorates of the south and Hadramawt in particular, giving precedence to the voice of reason, logic and political realism, away from demagogy, opportunism and deception simple people. For this, the Islah Party has endured a lot of hardship and harm, paid more high prices, and was subjected to a lot of psychological, material and moral pressures. However, the Islah Party continued to defend the homeland, the sanctity of truth, the sanctity of principles, and the reputation of logic and realism in its responsible discourse towards our people in Hadhramawt in particular, and Yemen in general.

The Islah Party in Hadhramawt has gone through a difficult experience and faced many challenges and rivalries from multiple and disparate parties that are united only by underestimating national values, belittling public opinion, settling accounts and taking revenge on opponents. But in the end, what's right is the right. Therefore, all these false positions were undress, and the Islah Party proved to everyone the soundness of its logic, the sincerity of its position and its steadfastness on its principles, which are the principles of every citizen keen on his interest, the future of his children and the welfare of his country.

The Islah Party’s recent stance on the Houthi coup, as well as its acceleration to support the Al-Hazm Storm, represented another bright point in the record of its authentic national stances stemming from its keenness and firm adherence to the principles and values of the state, republic, democracy, freedom and political pluralism. Regardless of the extent of the evaluation of the course of performance in the face of the Houthi coup, despite all that, it remains the only correct and irreversible option until the coup is overthrown and all its results or matters imposed on the ground.

• The Islah Party had a leading role in political participation and activating the role of political parties and components. Is it possible for you to tell us about what happened during this period in Hadhramawt Governorate?

The Islah Party realizes the importance of joint work with the rest of the political parties and components on the basis that the burden of the country is too great for one party, no matter how powerful it is, especially since Yemen is still groping its way towards political, economic and social stability. From time to time, the country is still exposed to major internal and external threats and challenges. Accordingly, everyone should work to raise the profile of partnership and abandon selfishness and abhorrent partisan intolerance. The Islah Party follows this approach, whether at the level of the Republic or at the level of the various Governorates, including, of course, Hadhramowt, where the Islah Party is keen on reunions and unifying the word. And the Islah Party was one of the first to adopt the "Hadhramawt gathers us" vision. And under this slogan, the Islah Party held many activities and events throughout Hadhramawt. And when issuing any statement on any public issue, the Islah Party was keen to mobilize a majority for it, even if not all political parties and motor and Hadrami components, the last of which was the statement issued by about 15 Hadrami political, trade, syndicalistic components and parties about a month ago regarding the rejection of price doses of oil derivatives, and the demand for intervention to stop the collapse of the national currency and the deterioration of the living situation of citizens.

• What is the nature of the relationship between the political components in the Governorate and the local authority, especially in light of complaints on the low level of public services and talk of financial and administrative corruption accompanying the disruption of regulatory institutions?

- With regard to the relationship between the political parties and components in the Governorate, it is rather good compared to previous periods that were going through crises and congestion for many reasons. Today, we find the political parties and components sharing the suffering and suffering from the marginalization by local authorities in general. There are some exceptional cases of only one or two components that find favor with the authorities for special reasons, including personal ones. In general, the weak communication between the political parties and the components of society negatively affected the performance of the local authorities and made them work unilaterally, away from societal oversight and public support, which had a role in the spread of many phenomena, including the disruption of state institutions and their local and supervisory councils, as well as the absence of collective visions in addressing risks and challenges, especially in this difficult period, which requires concerted efforts. Many parties and components, including the Islah Party, have sought to try to extend bridges of communication with local authorities in order to find official and partisan popular alignment in the face of the current circumstances. But all these efforts failed in the face of the intransigence of the local authorities and their lack of belief in the importance of partnership and their preference for the unilaterally decision-making away from any restrictions, oversight or accountability.

• What is the vision of the Islah Party to ending the coup and restoring the state?

- The vision of the Islah Party is focused on the need to return to the resumption of the political process from the point where it stopped due to the Houthi coup against state institutions and the disruption of the transitional political path that all Yemenis accepted and participated in managing it according to the provisions of the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanism, as well as the outcomes of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference, and the need for everyone to abide by the international resolutions issued related to the Yemeni issue, foremost of which is UN Resolution No. (2216). It is also necessary to immediately disarm all medium and heavy weapons that are still outside the framework of the official institution and to quickly hand them over to the agreed-upon legitimate state, in which all Yemenis participate, according to a fair mechanism.

The fact that weapons remain in the hands of the militias and outside the responsibility of the concerned authorities in the state constitutes is a great danger and a threat to any real opportunity for things to return to normal and the resumption of the secure political process. The three references still represent the practical, real and realistic framework according to which action can be taken, because it came in light of a historical moment in which no party was able to impose its agendas on others and it also took place under the auspices and of an agreed international and regional attention.

The recourse to arms and force, which the putschists resorted to, plunged the country into its furnace and encouraged other parties to resort to it in separate areas of Yemen, has opened a wide door of strife and civil fighting, from which the country has reap nothing but more ruin and destruction and the spilling of more pure blood over the past years. There is no safe path that can restore the country to its health other than appealing to the voice of reason and logic, abandoning violence and returning to the bosom of the legitimate state that unites and guarantees all rights in accordance with the constitution and the law. Everyone must realize that access to power must come through one and only path, which is through the democratic process and through the ballot box only, and everything else is illegal and unacceptable and will be faced by everyone with rejection and confronted by all possible and legitimate ways.

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