Yemen’s unity, stability above all interests

What is happening in Yemen should be and has to be the main concern for everyone, regardless of any political affiliation. We are here talking about our country’s stability and security. Al-Houthi rebels have been fighting the Yemeni army since 2004, there are problems in the south with separatists and there is also al-Qaeda. All these together have put Yemen in a spotlight in the world media depicting Yemen as a very dangerous place.

Therefore, the recent crisis in Yemen calls for joining forces from all factions of society. Turning Yemen to a place of chaos will harm every citizen. What is happening is not an attack against the government, or ruling party, it is against Yemen. Weakening the state, endangering the country’s unity can cause a collapse and greater deterioration. Let all focus on fighting corruption, poverty, unemployment, instability, and all other irregularities that add an extra burden on the country. Why don’t all political parties including the ruling party and the opposition parties focus their efforts on issues that serve the country and the nation instead of creating problems and crisis to prove their ability of being problem makers?

Rights and demands can be achieved through democracy and through the balloting boxes and political dialogue but not through creating crisis or through fighting the government.

Unfortunately, some opposition political parties, after they had lost heavily in the 2006 presidential and local councils elections, changed their political mechanism to gain more public support through inciting the public against the state. However, they exaggerated their insight, overtaking all barriers and red lines to achieve their personal goals. They in many occasions touched the national unity particularly when they incited the public to call for separation, raising flags of the former south Yemen state. The overdoses of incites even affected badly on the opposition parties themselves as they could not control the monster that they created by their hands as in many occasions the over incited individuals attacked the leaders of the opposition parties and expressed defiance against them. 

Those elements that are feeding from the problems in Yemen should be encountered with real and radical changes to the better. 

All political parties should unite all efforts for getting rid of the obstacles that hurdle the development process. It is their dire responsibility to work altogether for fighting al-Houthi rebels that have been violating the state of law and order, fight all separation or disunity movements and fight al-Qaeda attempts to make Yemen their coming heaven like they did in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia. We don’t think that there is a single wise Yemeni that likes Yemen to be a new Afghanistan or Somalia.   

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