Political Authority of the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance Holds Workshop on the Reality and Paths of Political Action in Yemen
Political Authority of the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance Holds Workshop on the Reality and Paths of Political Action in Yemen
Taiz: Special
The Political Authority of the Supreme Council of the Popular Resistance organized a specialized workshop today, Saturday, at the Council’s General Secretariat headquarters in Taiz Governorate, titled “Political Action in Yemen: A Comprehensive Review of Performance in the Context of State Collapse and Paths to Its Restoration.” The workshop was attended by a select group of academics, researchers, and politicians.
The workshop included five working papers focused on diagnosing the current Yemeni political crisis and providing critical analyses of the performance of various components and elites, with the aim of identifying remedies and practical paths to restore state institutions and their effectiveness.
In the first paper, Dr. Faisal Al-Huthaifi, Professor of Political Science at Hodeidah University, addressed the trajectory of Yemeni political parties from 1990 to 2026. He presented a critical review of the reality of these parties, focusing on three phases: political pluralism during the period of party competition and the possibility of peaceful transfer of power from 1990 to 1997; political pluralism during the era of the dominant party and the undermining of the principle of power alternation from 1997 to 2011; and the shift from political pluralism to authoritarian power-sharing and administrative division during wartime from 2012 to 2026.
The second paper was presented by Eng. Waheeb Al-Mansub, a member of the Political Authority, who spoke on “The Ruling Elites in Yemen.” He provided a critical analysis of how power has been managed and the responsibility of those elites for the current situation and the state’s reaching the brink of collapse.
In a related context, Nashwan Al-Othmani, Managing Editor of _Yemen Future_ platform and spokesperson for the Yemeni Coalition for Citizenship and Freedom of Conscience, discussed via video link in his paper the “Risks and Challenges Facing Yemen as a Project and a State.” He reviewed the existential threats facing national identity, the social fabric, and sovereign state institutions.
For his part, Dr. Yasser Al-Salawi, Professor of Political Sociology at Taiz University, presented a strategic vision on “Engineering Consensus and Renewing Elites.” He proposed practical approaches aimed at building the national project and updating the mechanisms of political action in line with the aspirations of the Yemeni people.
To conclude the substantive papers, political researcher Saleem Thabit presented a paper raising fundamental questions about the available opportunities and alternative options for national forces in the upcoming phase.
The workshop witnessed interventions and discussions, during which participants and attendees from among politicians, media professionals, and activists contributed inputs that enriched the topics addressed.
The workshop concluded with recommendations focused on a strategic vision to salvage political action and restore the state. It reaffirmed the need to formulate a binding national charter for all forces opposed to the Houthi militia, alongside building disciplined administrative and financial decentralization while preserving the unity of sovereign decision-making.
The outcomes also called for dismantling the war economy structure and unifying the state’s public revenues, and for prohibiting the combination of political and armed action. They simultaneously emphasized the importance of rebuilding the partisan and civil spheres, and linking all forms of external support to clear paths for reform and the enhancement of transparency.
