Judicial authority revenues stir disputes between "the Houthi regime" and "Sana'a judges"
English - Sunday 31 January 2021 الساعة 05:19 pm
Sanaa, Newsyemen, Exclusive:
The General Assembly of the Yemen Judges Club in Sana'a gave the Houthi militia 30 days to pay the salaries of judges in the areas under the control of the terrorist militia, threatening to suspend work, leading to a general strike.
In a remarkable development regarding the Houthi militia’s arrest of the judiciary and its transformation into a new battlefield between the militia and its loyalists and their beneficiaries to plunder revenues and develop bank assets, the Judges Club rejected hypothetical decisions called the “justice system,” which the judges said were illegal decisions and violate the principle of judicial independence.
In a statement - (NewsYemen) obtained a copy of it - the Judges Club rejected what it described as (the arbitrary procedures and decisions issued against judges by the Supreme Judicial Council, or the bodies that interfere in justice affairs, whether with regard to preventing them from their legal right to write papers, as well as Amendments that detract from their legitimate rights).
The Judges Club refers to the name of the "justice system", which is a new body headed by the leader of the group, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, which recently prevented judges from writing property editors and imposed trustees loyal to the group as a substitute for them.
The statement, issued on Wednesday, January 27th, demanded that "media channels that touched and undermined the independence of the judiciary and its independent members be held accountable," after Houthi channels attacked some workers in the judiciary in the context of the raging conflict between the militia and its beneficiaries.
In an indication of the aggravation of differences, the judges ’statement called on“ the Supreme Judicial Council to play the role assigned to it in defending the independence of the judiciary vis-à-vis other authorities, and to stand firmly against the repeated attacks on judges, and to set fair standards in the movement of judges, and to disburse privileges and promotions. And removing obstacles that hinder judicial justice, not allowing them to be undermined, and amending media policy that is not appropriate for judges and their work. "
The statement issued in the wake of (the extraordinary consultative meeting of the members of the General Assembly of the Yemeni Judges Club, held in the capital, Sana'a, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 AD), called for the speedy arrest of the perpetrators in the incident of the kidnapping of the Chief Prosecutor of Amran, and the rest of the perpetrators who attacked the rest of the members of the judiciary without exception.
