These factions of simple people, women and men, old and young, who remained outside the game managed by some major powers to cause destruction in Yemen, have always formed the first line of defense for the revolution, the republic, and unity, confronting the dangers facing them. They did not hesitate to make the highest sacrifices when they realized the scale of external greed towards the nation, which strips them of their legitimacy, silences their voices, and turns their legitimate demands into bloody projects that go beyond the ambition for positive change, dragging it downward.
The coup media does not cover the voices of those who believe their rights have been usurped after a "revolutionary" tyranny that turned the scales of equality and citizenship, even among the protestors demanding change. Its goal is to lead the people to a point of no return. Its slogan became: we were with the people, now we are against the people; we were protecting change, now we are against the demands of the youth of change. Its tone says: we were united, now we are divided, and more accurately, we have become a single party unmatched in its tyranny, treachery, and persecution of others.
We are not speaking here from an emotional standpoint, as some parties do, seeing only themselves in their antagonistic reality towards others after destroying what could be destroyed of the country’s achievements. This situation has led the people and the country to the current state we warned about repeatedly. However, we speak from tracing the positions of some parties and their insistence on seizing power and legitimizing it with the blood of innocents, despite the principle of peaceful transfer of power. The opposition parties, striving relentlessly for this, ended up with a bloody and failed military coup, leading to collective suicide through the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) and the youth. They now consider the people their real enemy and tyrannically "revolutionize" against surrounding institutions and people who had sympathized with them until they deviated from the cause that united them. The sympathizers have now become martyrs for Yemen, with no one mourning them in the chaos-inducing media.
These factions, despite their simplicity and patience amidst everything happening to them, know that they and millions like them are being punished in their daily lives—food, movement, security—because of their conviction and adherence to the principle that the land is spacious enough for everyone. They patiently wait for the media to tell their long stories of suffering and the causes behind it. Why not? Perhaps their feelings will be respected, or they will be spotlighted as the instigators who await the cameras of live broadcasts at every corner to beautify faces and tell lies that elicit the sympathy of outsiders and their participation in the collective punishment of Yemenis.
These heroes are the forgotten ones whose anger has not been accounted for, standing firm in their trenches defending the country’s institutions. They remind the streets of dialogue, coexistence, and love versus those calling for war, killing, and exclusion. They have paid a high price for their positions in blood and sustenance, enduring power cuts, oil pipeline explosions, and isolation from all means of life, hoping this patience on political malice will soothe the JMP's bitterness. But there is no sign that the conflict of interests against Yemen—land and people—led by wealthy elites and their followers will stop here. Rather, it seems to aim to halt the progress of history and humanity here before leaping onto the power seats.
The media’s neglect of the suffering of the most influential group in the view of event followers is insignificant compared to hiding the ensuing collective bloody assassinations, targeting political opponents, and the bloodshed of the armed forces who confront the fiercest bloody attack led by the group of common interests, the sole beneficiary of current events. They have been forced into silence and economic and media siege, bearing all kinds of abuse, but perhaps this has only increased their determination not to allow the conspiracy to pass.
We expected some JMP parties to reject the destruction of the country they live in, denounce violence, or at least condemn the chaos. But it seems their vision has been blinded by the lure of foreign interventions aiming to seize power by force, which democracy has rendered unattainable for them. Seizing and holding power and subjugating those in it have become a justifiable animalistic right in a "coming" state, coercing its citizens from now into submission under the points of swords with arrogance and pride, promising collective punishment and brutal traditions that will spare no one. What if they truly achieve power? What else remains for them to experience except bowing at ambassadors’ feet and demonstrating their skills in eradicating terrorism they themselves endorse, and mastering terrorizing, executing, and dragging their opponents through the streets?
In these bewildering circumstances and stances, rationality is elusive, and logic falters in proposing solutions other than dialogue and only dialogue among Yemenis. Every party clings to its opinion, and opinion has become manifold, dividing people even more. Even acknowledging that differences did not spoil relations before party elders derailed the change process, protests and all common problems were solved by mutual consent. Change was within reach and recognized in Yemen's political lexicon, with everyone acknowledging the necessity to address many wrong stances. But today, problems have multiplied, people have strayed from dialogue, revolving around themselves due to the multitude of puzzles facing them. What kind of opposition is this, and where are we in relation to what is happening? What balance do friendly countries talk about?
Now, after the exclusion of these defenders of their will among the protesters and non-protesters, we all wonder: are we facing an imminent change at the point of spears? Where is the democracy whose arrival its patrons spoke about, participating in its establishment and overseeing its implementation? What happened to these countries? Have they disbelieved in democracy? Or were they waiting for the opportunity to dismantle the system by non-democratic means for other purposes unrelated to what they claim as advocates of freedom? They deluded themselves and the international community into believing in change, only to wake up to the names of their allies in sabotage and the legacy they carry that turns hair gray. The final chapter of the coup was an assassination attempt on state leaders, with all media and social networks prepared to cover, broadcast, and spread the event before it happened. Isn’t this a coup?
These are questions that need answers from Yemen’s friends specifically. Some provoke confusion: what revolutionary or even dictatorial political movement they adopt relies on destroying achievements, chaos, and shedding innocent blood? How will those rushing towards power face Yemen's masses after committing these terrorist and destructive follies against their homeland and people? And how will these friends face the Yemeni people while they embrace these murderers and criminals? Will they console them by saying these were necessary sacrifices?
Yes, there are mistakes to correct, policies to change, and a situation that must evolve. There must be a peaceful transfer of power in its due time and democratically. All this could have happened with minimal losses, preserving the nation's achievements and people’s lives from being lost and their rights from being usurped and plundered daily. We could have achieved this as a civil society only through dialogue or peaceful protests, which initially achieved what they wanted with the authority’s first response.
Doesn’t it deserve a pause to obtain answers to many puzzling questions, now evidently pointing towards our living under an international conspiracy against Yemen and the Arab world, related to our existence, wealth, and youth? We are paying this price for our stances.
These are voices of those you haven’t heard—remember them if you claim to care for Yemen and its people! Dialogue alone now is capable of halting the collapses caused by the JMP. The state must be prepared to sacrifice the corrupt and those who do not respect life as a human value, extending its hand to the youth because they are the future. The old opposition parties must leave the squares they filled with hatred for people and stone, giving the independent youth their chance to determine their political choices for a better future for themselves and the nation. We hope independent youth will open their eyes to the conspiracies around them, targeting not just the regime in Yemen but also them. Enough is enough!