The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has expressed regret over the decision by the Iranian-backed Houthi coup militia to seize the property of 35 deputies in Yemen's parliament.
"I am sorry for the seizure of the assets of 35 Yemeni deputies in Sanaa, which leaves a negative picture about the independent work of state institutions," Griffiths said in a tweet posted on his official Twitter account.
The Houthi militias, in the middle of this month, directed the seizure and seizure of the funds and property of 35 members of the Yemeni parliament for attending the session held in the city of Sayun in the province of Hadhramaut, and issued a court controlled by the Houthis in Sanaa, a decision to seize and seize the funds and property of deputies opposed to its coup project .
The speaker of the Arab Parliament recently condemned the Houthi militias' seizure and seizure of the funds and property of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Yemen, Sultan al-Barakani, and 34 deputies who rejected the Houthi coup and sided with legitimacy, and the parliament confirmed categorically rejection of absurd trials and unconstitutional and illegal actions Houthi militias against the President and members of the House of Representatives who attended the sessions of the House of Representatives in the city of Sayun on April 13 last.
The Arab Parliament stressed that the actions of the militias constituted a flagrant violation of international laws, charters, customs, UN resolutions and international treaties, and called on the United Nations to take immediate and urgent action to oblige the Houthi terrorist militias to stop these illegal actions.