Yemeni parties have slammed Houthi militias for issuing a new Khums law by which each Yemeni should pay 20 percent of whatever goods he has or obtains, on land or sea, to the Iran-backed militia.
The parties asked the parliament and the international community to criminalize the Houthi act, saying it contradicts international justice and the teachings of Islam.
The National Alliance of Yemeni Political Forces (NAYPF), which includes more than 10 parties backing the country’s legitimate government, expressed condemnation of the new measures announced by the group.
In a statement, NAYPF described the move as a “blatant violation of the teachings of the Islamic religion and a new aggression on the constitutional and legislative authorities.”
The coalition urged international actors, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and his envoy to the country, Martin Griffiths, “to exercise serious pressure on the Houthi militias to stop their war on the Yemeni people, end their coup and abide by UN decisions mainly Resolution 2216, which is a clear roadmap for ending Yemen’s crisis.”
The statement also urged both Guterres and Griffiths not to give the insurgents the opportunity to commit new crimes against the Yemenis.
The coalition urged the country’s people and political parties to unite in confronting the militias’ Khums tax and restoring the state.
The insurgents could not have imposed the new tax had the international community taken action against “the crimes and destructive behavior of the Houthis,” it said.
The coalition further accused the militias of intentionally reviving racism at a time when the Yemeni people is busy facing the humanitarian crisis that has been caused by the war sparked by the Houthis.
It urged the parliament to approve laws that criminalize racist concepts and those backing them.
The coalition further urged the international community and human rights activists to condemn the Houthi racism and support the struggles of the Yemeni people to end the coup.
