After repeating his rejected transgressions, Yemenis finish Griffith failed mission

Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar

The Security Council has put itself at the heart of the Yemeni crisis, trying to find solutions to it, following the attempt of the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia to overthrow the existing regime and control the rule within the country. This led the Arab coalition countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to interfere for the restoration of the constitutional legitimacy and governance for the Yemeni people.

However, the United Nations envoys to Yemen have always been in doubt, the latest of which was what happened in Yemen in the last few hours. Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi informed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterich, in a message 24 May 2019, not to accept the presence and continuation of the Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffith in his mission within Yemen.

Hadi pointed out in his letter that the Yemeni people will not accept the continuation of the UN envoy in his country until after the provision of adequate guarantees by the Secretary-General of the United Nations itself, so as to ensure that the abuses that come out of it

Abnormal overruns

The Yemeni President confirmed that Martin Griffith insisted throughout his work on dealing with the Huthis as a government equal to the legitimate government and insisting on holding meetings with them, which is contrary to the international resolution No. 2216. This comes while insisting on turning a blind eye to dealing with the file of prisoners and detainees; posing a threat to the chances of a political solution.

This comes after the briefing by the UN envoy to Yemen at the Security Council during its meeting last week, during which he praised the unilateral withdrawal by the Houthi militia from the ports of Hodeidah, although it was not actually implemented.

Griffith was not the first envoy to Yemen who showed his ill intentions towards the Yemeni people and his undeclared support for the Huthi militia. Gamal Ben Omar, who was then appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as UN envoy in Sana’a two years later.

In his work, Bin Omar insisted on allowing the Houthis to participate politically, despite their crimes against the Yemeni people. He called for the release of a federal constitution that would divide the country sectarianly and culturally and allow them to participate in the Yemeni dialogue. He was sacked in March 2015.

Mauritanian Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed assumed responsibility for his successor, calling for the need to find a consensus between the Yemeni state and the Houthi militia through the Geneva conference. He said that the introduction of Houthis as a representative of a part of the Yemeni people could contribute to finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.