Head of Wounded Veterans Association to Yemen Monitor: Presidential Council and Government Ignore Our Demands, While General Staff Directs Settling Our Cases
Yemen Monitor / Marib / Exclusive:
Ahmed Seif Al-Rammal, head of the National Association for the Wounded and Disabled, confirmed that the Presidential Leadership Council and the government’s disregard for their legitimate demands have forced them to begin escalatory steps, which were launched today with a march by the wounded. He noted that the General Staff has issued directives to meet some of these demands.
In an exclusive statement to “Yemen Monitor,” Al-Rammal stated that the escalation came as a result of their demands not being fully met, particularly concerning the payment of salaries, transferring critical cases abroad for treatment, and standardizing the status of the wounded in Marib with other military formations. He added that the wounded would continue their sit-in and escalation “until all demands are met without exception.”
He clarified that “there has been no response from the government and the Presidential Leadership Council to date,” and that only one month’s salary out of five owed has been disbursed. He added that the primary demands awaited by the wounded fall within the purview of the government and the Presidency, which are “unjustifiably ignoring the file.”
Al-Rammal pointed to a partial response from the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz, who directed the approval of status settlements, promotions, and allocating a percentage of military training course opportunities for the wounded. He said the Association is following up on the implementation of these directives and that the General Staff has indeed begun its executive procedures.
Al-Rammal revealed that there are 328 critical cases urgently needing travel for treatment, including 166 wounded in Marib and 162 in Taiz. He added that the total number of those who have been sent abroad so far is 56, including 20 in the past week, while approximately 120 wounded still require treatment, alongside 83 complex cases for which no solution has been found yet.
He emphasized that delaying the transfer of critical cases leads to serious complications, making the treatment of the wounded more complex and difficult.
He also spoke about the broad popular solidarity from various segments of society with the demands of the wounded since the first day, stressing that the wounded will persist in their sit-in and escalatory steps until all their demands are fulfilled.
