They Try to Bring It Back into Conflict… Yemeni Brotherhood Fiddles with Stability in Shabwah
Recently, the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood has attempted to reintroduce conflict into Shabwah (in the south) by appointing a new commander for the special forces, closely aligned with the Brotherhood’s Reform Party, without coordination with the local authorities in Shabwa legally concerned with the matter
The decision made by Yemeni Interior Minister Ibrahim Haydan, who is affiliated with the Reform Party, appointed Ali Mohammed Taamouss al-Qamishi as a “colonel” in command of the special security forces in Shabwah, which has clearly undermined partnership agreements under the Presidential Council, according to observers.
Researcher, political writer, and expert on religious groups in Yemen, Saleh Ali al-Dwail Baras, believes that “the Brotherhood forces in power, since their defeat in Shabwah province, have been determined to bring conflict back to the province.”
Baras believes that “for the Brotherhood, Shabwah is the critical lifeline for the project of southern Yemen, and bringing it down means the collapse of the southern Yemen project, and they rely on the Interior Minister, who runs the ministry with a blatant Islamist bias.”
The political commentator adds that “the Brotherhood minister tried to legitimize their previous coup in Shabwa, but failed, then gathered the debris of that coup in the Arine region and deals with them as a legitimate force, and wants to impose security terms on them by appointing them to head those institutions.”
He also warned of the possibility that such appointments would go unnoticed, as this Brotherhood minister took the side of the rebellion from day one, and his appointments, no matter what appointment decisions he makes, aim to restore chaos in the province.
He believes that “the place and fate of rebels against authority are arrest, interrogation, and trial, not their reward by reassignment to the head of security institutions, which is what the Brotherhood lobby strives for in many sovereign institutions, particularly in the Ministry of Interior.”
The Southern Transitional Council in Yemen in Shabwah rejected “the unilateral decision of Interior Minister Ibrahim Haydan to appoint a commander of the special forces for Shabwah province without prior coordination with the concerned authorities of the province.”
The transitional council stated in a release that the Brotherhood‘s decision “clearly undermines partnership agreements and shows contempt for the law, while raising questions about the indicators of intentions and objectives behind that appointment.”
