HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ISSUE AND POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IN SOUTH YEMEN





Southern issue refers to southern people’s political and economic suffering under the Northern regime. It began after taking over the South in 1994, deploying Northern military forces in its cities and mountains, excluding southern diplomats and army generals and soldiers from their works, distributing Southern land and wealth among northern leaders…etc. Such a situation created a kind of unfairness against the Southern people and made them feeling that they were citizens of a second degree. Most of the Southerner could not express the discontent of the situation for some time due to the huge Yemeni military forces surrounding them but such a suffering was getting worse more and more and Southerners began their peaceful revolution by forming ‘Military Pensioners’ Association’ and then ‘Southern movement’ in 2007 through which they demanded for equality with the northerner and returning to their work. This movement began as demanding for equality, financial rights, justice in distributing wealth and returning what has been robbed, which then developed into demanding for their political rights and restoration of their colonized state.
Though Southerners can use arms to fight for their rights, they chose a civilized and peaceful way for their struggle which was confronted by armed forces as the government did not want southerners to start such a movement and want to keep them under its mercy forever. Such a movement with a short period of time became a ship for all the southerners (Southern Movement) and not only for military pensioners as most southerners whether forced retired, unemployed or those occupying lower positions in local service were all suffering the bitter of the colonizers. During these years of struggle, many civilians were killed while they were participating in gatherings and demonstrations to express their rejection of unfairness and demanding the restoration of their state.
 

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