Houthi threats force MP Abdo Bishr to resign from Parliament
English - Wednesday 18 November 2020 الساعة 07:23 am
Sanaa, NewsYemen:
Parliamentarian Abdo Muhammad Bishr, who was recently elected deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in Sana'a, announced his resignation from parliament due to pressure exerted against him by the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen, and reached the point of threatening to liquidate him.
Representative Bishr, who is the head of the Ahrar Bloc and head of the Culture and Information Committee in the House of Representatives, revealed that the head of the so-called Houthi Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, informed him that he must resign, after his election on Saturday, November 7, as a member of the Parliament Presidency.
Bishr said, in a post on his Facebook account, that his resignation comes out of his desire to adhere to the constitution and the law and not to allow the work of their texts to be suspended or to penetrate them under any pretext or justification, and to ensure that he does not suspend Parliament sessions or interfere with his constitutional powers.
He pointed out his inability to continue in a council "where the constitution works according to the mood," and not to abide by any partnership or alliances by some, not to implement the principle of equality in rights and duties, and to try to silence and confiscate freedoms.
The Houthi militia closed the doors of the House of Representatives headquarters in Sana'a and disrupted its work due to the results of the election of the Parliament Presidency on November 7, which resulted in the renewal of confidence in the leader of the conference, Yahya al-Rai, as the speaker of parliament, while the membership of the Presidency of the Council was won by "representatives" of the Speaker of the Council. By voting: Abdo Muhammad Bishr, Abd al-Salam Hashal, and Akram Atiyah.
Days after the election of the speaker and the presidency, the Houthi militia admitted to "choosing Al-Ra'i as the speaker of parliament," while ignoring the results of electing members of the presidency.
