Houthis steal staff salaries

The Houthi terrorist militia resorted to stealing employee salaries in Hodeidah; To compensate for the shrinking support that it was receiving from Iran, which was revealed by the Yemeni government accusations of the coup militia, of stealing $ 58 million from import duties for oil derivatives, through the port of Hodeidah, which is under the authority of the coup militia on the western coast of Yemen.

The Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement published by the official agency, Saba, on Monday, May 18, 2020: About $ 58 million), intended to pay civil servants salaries. ”

The Yemeni Foreign Ministry considered this behavior a flagrant violation of the understandings of the interim procedures for importing oil derivatives to the port of Hodeidah, which was agreed with the office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Yemen, Martin Griffiths.

The Ministry held the Houthis responsible for thwarting these understandings, and their consequences.

It called on the United Nations to assume its responsibility, as the monitoring and guarantor party to implement the interim measures, and to obligate the Houthis to submit data on the current status of the special account

In its statement, the Ministry continued: “The Houthi militia's continuing to evade the implementation of agreements and pledges is clear evidence of its unwillingness to peace, and its continued looting not only of international aid, but also the salaries of employees; In favor of nurturing its absurd war in Yemen ».

In October 2019, the Yemeni government had agreed to introduce fuel ships to Houthi-controlled areas, through the port of Hodeidah, provided the group committed to pay tax and customs fees to a special account in the Central Bank of Yemen, “the Hodeidah branch,” and allocate them to pay civilian salaries in areas under the control Houthi.

Most government officials have lived in Houthi-controlled areas without salaries, for more than three years, amid international demands that the salary file be resolved; To alleviate the tragedy of the humanitarian conditions of the population.

 The Houthi plan is characterized by dependence on theft; Hoping to compensate for Iran's curtailment of its support for the coup militias, and this week, specifically on Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Houthi militia has mobilized its forces; In pursuit of the poor, and the looting of limited Ramadan aid, provided by merchants and businessmen, usually during the month of Ramadan each year.

The Houthi militia prevented merchants and businessmen in its areas of control from distributing any aid or charity outside the militia’s funds; All of this is to support its "war effort" and enrich its leaders, while millions of Yemenis are living in an unprecedented, tragic situation.

Houthi militia arrested, according to the local News Yemen news website, last Tuesday in Sanaa, employees of the "Sinidar Commercial Group", against the background of the distribution of the owners of the commercial group Ramadan alms, which they used to provide to the poor and needy in the residential neighborhoods near their homes and the group's headquarters.

Houthi patrols also dispersed a gathering of the poor in front of the home of a businessman in Sana'a - people close to his family asked to remain anonymous - he used to provide daily breakfast meals for these dyslexics during the last 10 days of Ramadan.

Houthi militia is also widespread in street crossroads. To crowd traffic police and loot symbolic sums of money, some well-off car owners used to give them in secret to traffic officers; In recognition of their efforts to regulate traffic before and until the time for the adhaan of the Maghrib prayer call, and iftar at their workplace.

Earlier, a report by the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that the Houthis plundered the equivalent of $ 6 billion during 2017, from tax, zakat, customs, and miscellaneous resources resources, as well as revenues from service institutions and profits of government companies.

The most important vital artery is the tax, customs and zakat sector. To feed the financial basket of the Houthi militia; It provides them with more than 60% of the total financial resources.