The Houthi militia is benefiting from the flood victims in the old Sanaa
English - Wednesday 31 August 2022 الساعة 10:12 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
The Houthi militia, Iran's arm in Yemen, has again blackmailed the private sector and workers in the commercial sector in Sana'a by imposing new financial levies on them.
This ball came under the title the contribution of the private sector to the restoration and maintenance of rain-damaged houses in the old city of Sana'a.
While the militia of Iran’s arm continues to loot billions of riyals from the revenues of zakat, taxes, customs, improvement fees, electricity, water, education and health services fees after being allocated, sources working in the commercial sector in Sana’a revealed that the Houthi militia exerted pressure on the private sector to restore houses that were damaged by torrential rains in the old city of Sana’a.
In conversations with NewsYemen, residents in Sanaa fear that these pressures will lead to an increase in food and consumer prices, as part of an undeclared agreement between the Houthi militia and the private sector in Sanaa under the title of supporting efforts to restore and maintain homes damaged by heavy rains in the old city of Sanaa.
Ali al-Arhabi, a textile merchant in the old city of Sana'a, said: "We are now spending on the state. Citizens and merchants spend on the state." Referring to the fact that workers in the commercial sector, and the citizens, bear the expenses of tasks that are among the (virtual) state jobs, such as repair and maintenance operations, in exchange for revenues from taxes, customs, zakat and other illegal levies and royalties.
The torrential rains that fell on the city of Sana’a during the past weeks revealed the extent of the Houthi systematic destruction of most of the state’s institutions and service agencies, since the Houthi militia took control of these institutions in September 2014.
The Civil Defense Department of the Ministry of Interior came at the head of these institutions, which have become unable to carry out their tasks in accordance with its establishment Law No. (24) for the year 1997, after the Houthi militia looted its financial allocations and necessary operational expenses, seizing its equipment, machinery and assets, and non payment of wages of its employees.
The historic old city of Sanaa, one of the oldest cities in the world, is facing the threat of collapse due to torrential rains and years of neglect, tampering and deliberate distortion by the Houthi militia, the arm of Iran. The recent heavy rains damaged more than 500 homes, destroyed 462 homes, and displaced 256 families in the old city of Sana'a, and many mud houses have become unsafe for habitation.
