President Al-Alimi in his speech: We are committed to broad partnership in power and wealth and ending sacred centers of governance

  Aden

His Excellency President Dr. Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, President of the Presidential Leadership Council, confirmed that the anniversary of Yemen unity, the 22nd of May will remain a solemn occasion surrounded with appreciation. It will remain a historical moment worthy of contemplation, and a conscious initiative to protect our national consensus and the will of our people, ensuring broad participation in decision-making, without exclusion or marginalization.

The President of the Presidential Leadership Council reiterated in a speech to the Yemeni people on the occasion of the 34th National Day of the Republic of Yemen, the commitment of the PLC and the government to the previous pledges, first and foremost considering the southern issue as a basis for a comprehensive solution, and the openness to all options “to enable our people to achieve their aspirations, determine their political status, and their economic, social, and cultural development in accordance with national, regional, and international references.”

His Excellency expressed great pride that this occasion comes “when our Republican Alliance has become stronger and more unified around its major national goals, in which our people are victorious due to the sacrifices of heroes from our armed and security forces, all military formations, and the popular resistance. Our people are victorious due to our steadfast cities as they engage in another round of the fateful battle against the racist, tyrannical, and proxy Imamate project of the Iranian regime.”

His Excellency said “it is enough that we are meeting today in the interim capital, Aden, as a unified, consensual leadership, to confront the renewed dangers, as our early ancestors did over the course of nearly seven decades of defending the republican system. The Republican System which has never gone through a more difficult time than it is experiencing now. As a terrorist group hysterically pursues our people in everywhere, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and displacing millions in a way that exceeds all racist wars throughout its dark history.”

His Excellency the President reminded that Yemen Unity, since its very beginning as an idea and a national call, until its birth as a tangible reality, “represented in its essence an integrated civilizational project, based on a set of lofty principles. The most important of which are: strengthening national unity, broad partnership in power and wealth, achieving justice and equality, and the rule of law.”

While the President of the Presidential Leadership Council noted the adherence of the free Yemenis in north and south of the country to the contents of this renaissance project, he stressed at the same time the strong refusal of the Yemeni people to empty this achievement of its national, political, and moral content. Not to become merely a shadowy slogan that hides the tendency to tyranny and exclusivity behind it with power and wealth, a tendency embodied today by the terrorist Houthi militias.

His Excellency the President praised the virtues of the first generation that contributed to the birth of the Republic of Yemen, and he also expressed great appreciation to those who took the lead in correcting the course of this national project after the summer war of 1994. Those who started with the launch of the peaceful Southern Movement, and passed through the popular demands for change, all the way to convoys of martyrs and wounded members of the armed and security forces, all military formations, and the popular resistance against the Houthi Imamate project.

He affirmed that whoever looks carefully at the movement of history clearly realizes that Yemen unity and the merits of the southern issue are two sides of one idea and one dream. Two sides of a pluralistic republican Yemen, and a system based on justice, equality, and the rule of law.

He considered that his is the new homeland that he and his fellow, members of the Presidential Leadership Council, seek to embody as a reality as much as possible. Through diligent work to correct mistakes, rebuild institutions, and sincerely adhere to the values of partnership in power, wealth, and national consensus. They seek to do that through empowering local authorities, strengthening their independence, supporting good governance mechanisms, and consolidating the decentralization of power, in the ruins of the idea of sacred centers of governance.

In his speech, His Excellency the President presented the efforts made by the Presidential Leadership Council and the government to respond to the needs of citizens and improve conditions. Foremost among which is ending the chronic energy crisis, confronting existing challenges, and moving forward in the battle to restore state institutions and overthrow the coup.

In this context, he pointed out that an imminent breakthrough in service will come from the sustainability of fuel supplies, and the completion of the entry of 120 megawatts into generation plants next month in Aden Governorate from the renewable energy station. In addition to 25 megawatts which has been  entered into generation in the Al-Mocha District, in Taiz Governorate.

Work is also underway to establish a renewable energy plant with a capacity of 56 megawatts in Shabwa Governorate as a first stage. In addition to 50 megawatts in Al-Khawkhah and Hays, while preparations are being made to build electrical plants in Hadhramaut with a capacity of 25 megawatts, another in Taiz with a capacity of 30 megawatts, and a third in Ras Al-Ara with a capacity of 100 megawatts. The government is also working to increase the generation capacity of the President’s plant in Aden to more than 200 megawatts, after the dilapidated distribution network was completely renewed during the past two years. While our brothers in Kuwait support a project to re-maintain and rehabilitate the Marib gas station with an amount of $40 million, in addition to appreciated contributions from the local authority in the governorate.

Regarding the peace file, the President of the Presidential Leadership Council renewed the Council’s firm position towards peace efforts based on the four principles that have been repeatedly emphasized:  firstly, adherence to national, regional, and international references, especially Resolution 2216,  secondly: emphasizing not to prejudice the legal and political status of the United Nations’ member state,  thirdly: the comprehensiveness of any peace process and its protection by regional and international guarantees, including the presence of the southern issue, in any future consultations. Fourthly: the continuation of the policy of openness to all mediation efforts related to alleviating the suffering of our citizens and securing their interests and decent livelihoods.