Saudis do not want any solution in Yemen: Commentator

Press TV has interviewed Hussein al-Bukhaiti, Yemeni activist and political commentator in Sana’a, about Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi dismissing his Prime Minister Khaled Bahah due to the “failures” of his self-proclaimed government. 

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: How do you react to this move by Hadi?

Bukhaiti: This is actually what was expected because this decision is actually by the Saudis because Ali Mohsen [al-Ahmar] is considered the right hand man of the Saudis and he fled Sana’a on 21st of September 2014 when Ansarullah had entered the capital city and we know that Ali Mohsen, he was a part of the regime before 2011 and he was part as well of the revolution in 2011 and he is the one who made that revolution fail and he was part of the war that was launched on Yemen in 2015 on 26th of March last year and now the Saudis want him to be part of the solution.

So this shows you that all this war and this aggression against Yemen is just to reinstall the Saudi influence in Yemen which is through Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and appointing Bin Dagher and sacking the former prime minister Bahah, this shows you the conflict and there is agreement between the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates because Bahah was considered the man for the United Arab Emirates and there was conflict in the south about who is going to rule the south in the future because the Muslim Brotherhood, they want to be in control with the extremist groups like al-Qaeda and Daesh or as it is called ISIS.

And who is Ali Mohsen? Ali Mohsen, he was the man for all extremists in Yemen. He has set camps in Yemen even before al-Qaeda existed like camp in Kitaf east of Sa’ada. This main camp was the main source for extremists to Afghanistan and as well to Iraq and it was cleared by Ansarullah, the Houthi and there was another camp called al-Libnat in al-Jawf which was set as well by Ali Mohsen and another camp in Ma’rib called al-Nakhla and al-Suhail. All these camps were the main source for terrorists from Yemen going to Iraq, to Syria and later in Libya.

So the Saudis, they want only to have the right hand man back and they want as well to have all extremists back into Yemen and they have succeeded actually to do so in the south and they want now as well to stop the peace talk that is going to happen in Kuwait because Bahah was kind of accepted by Ansarullah, the Houthi and the (General People's Congress) GPC party and two months ago there was this seven-point Muscat plan which have said that before Geneva II they agreed for Bahah to come back into Yemen so the Saudis have started to stop this peace talk that is going to come in Kuwait by appointing a man who is not wanted neither in the north and neither in the south.

Press TV: So what does that mean? Why would the Saudis want to appoint somebody who is not acceptable to Ansarullah? Are they trying to essentially derail any sort of peace process?   

Bukhaiti: Yes, of course because like I said that Bahah was kind of accepted by Ansarullah, the Houthi and that agreement, seven-point plan, in Muscat has said that Bahah will be back to rule for 9 months and then there will be a coalition government and other things that will be set up at that time but the Saudis, they do not want any solution in Yemen. They want to put obstruction in front of parties from Yemen not to accept and I am sure that no one in Yemen will accept Ali Mohsen to be back neither bin Dagher because he was a part of the GPC party and he is considered by the GPC as a traitor when he went to Saudi Arabia and when he was part of this war against Yemen and this is just how and shows what the Saudis really want in Yemen. They want Yemen to be the backyard of the Saudi regime and they want Yemen to stay as it was before if not worse.

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