Al-Sahwa [Archives:2005/845/Press Review]
19 May 2005
Main headlines
– JMP denounces accusations by the authority and targeting its headquarters
– International reports on rule in Yemen,
– Continued deterioration in political stability and government performance
– At backdrop of attacking students, Parliament summons director of Sana'a University security
– In a message described as offense, Hunt Company rejects parliament decision and threatens the government
– Teaching staff Union announces suspension of strike, 40% increment for teaching staff members
– For abolishing medical colleges, private sector universities sue PM Abdulqader Bahamas
– News on al-Houthi rejection of the president's pardon, Yemen religious scholars demand for release of prisoners and treatment of war consequences
– Teeba surgical camp in Taiz carried out 446 surgical operations
Columnist Ahmed Zainal-Miraisi says in his article reforming the situations and preserving accomplishments are more important than celebrations. We forget or maybe feign to forget at every anniversary, whether that of the unity or others, that they are among God's graces, bestowed on us other than other countries that are still torn into pieces up until now.
At the anniversary of this country's unification we have to remember and know that it is important to celebrate and boast before others but the more important thing is reforming this country in all areas. It is most important to preserve all gains. It is important to reform the economic, political, security and social situations. At the anniversary of the unification, we have to stop plundering properties, wealth and tampering public property, stopping bribery and nepotism and to hold accountable anyone who has a relation to destabilize our economic, living, security and political conditions.
The writer wonders about what to celebrate, saying that the situations have not changed. The wheel of development is running backward, corruption is growing and sprouting day by day, harassments almost touch everything and suppression of freedom, expression of teachers, employees and students are active. Why do we celebrate while the majority of the people are living below the line of poverty, proportion of illiteracy high and the policy of impoverishment is systematic?
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