Electricity Crisis Ignites Wave of Protests Against Saudi-backed Government
The electricity system deteriorated in the various directorates of Wadi Hadhramaut, during the current August. Local activists confirmed that the electricity of the districts of the valley is witnessing a terrible deterioration, which has increased the suffering of the people as a result of the frequent interruptions.
They explained that the widening of the electricity cut-off hours in the city of Seiyun, the center of the districts of the valley, exacerbated the suffering of the people in the city and the rest of the areas that witness high temperatures.
The so-called “youth of anger” in Wadi Hadhramawt called, Wednesday, for angry protests against what they called the “systematic targeting” of the people of Wadi Hadramawt, denouncing the poor basic services, the high cost of living, and the security chaos.
The “Youth of anger” renewed their demand for the withdrawal of the militants of the “First Military Region” of Islah, and for the deployment of the “Hadrami Elite” militia funded by the UAE in the districts of the valley.
Leaders of the Islah Party accuse the UAE of implementing a new scheme to liquidate the “first military region” and uproot it from Hadhramawt, similar to the military brigades in Shabwa and Abyan.
In early April, after Yemen’s Supreme Political Council declared a voluntary and unilateral three-day pause in retaliatory strikes against targets in Saudi Arabia, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced the nationwide ceasefire, for the first time since 2015.
The deal stipulates halting offensive military operations, including cross-border attacks, and allowing fuel-laden ships to enter Yemen’s lifeline Hodeidah port and commercial flights in and out of the airport in the capital Sana’a “to predetermined destinations in the region.”
However, in light of UN silence, the Saudi-led aggression was still obstructing flights to the Sana’a International Airport in Yemen’s capital and detaining fuel ships that were headed to the country. The fires of the aggression side did not subside along the fronts, on the borders and inside, including shelling, reconnaissance, development and crawl.
In early June, the United Nations announced that Yemen’s National Salvation Government and the US-Saudi coalition have agreed to renew the two-month truce after days of negotiations and promises to fulfill the terms of the agreement.
The UN envoy noted that the truce was extended under the same terms as the previous one.
The United Nations continues to condone the crimes committed by the Saudi-led aggression. It only holds the coalition responsible for crimes when it seeks to blackmail the Kingdom and oblige it to pay millions of dollars. The UN is not concerned with the souls of the victims, as it provided cover for this aggression for years, and kept silent in the face of many of its criminal practices, whether through raids or sieges.