Baoum: Southern leaders loyal to coalition don’t have principles

ADEN, Feb. 10 (YPA) – The head of the so-called Political Bureau of the Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation and Independence of the South, Fadi Baoum, has said that several southern leaders have joined the Saudi-backed exiled Hadi administration.

These former southern movement members have reportedly been expelled from their organisations and are now fighting alongside the allied militants loyal Tariq Afash, nephew of former Yemeni president Saleh.

These former southern leadears are now reported to be supporting the Saudi agenda for Yemen, and have been seen ridiculing the cause of southern separatism.

Fadi Baoum expressed astonishment and anger at the fact that former southern activists are now appearing on the Saudi propaganda channel al-Arabiya, which used to attack the forces of the Southern Movement.

“What were the Southerners expecting, as they were waging war under the slogan of [Saudi-backed] “legality”? Baoum wrote on social media.

“This is the responsibility of the southern leadership, who have always been changing its positions instead of respecting the will of the people of the southern provinces,” Baoum said.

“Now, after four years of sacrifices by southerners, after 4 years of lying, deceit, looting and banditry, did you really think that one of these people entered the war as supporter of the issue [of South Yemen]?” he said.

“With reason and logic, do you want the world to recognize you, believe you or even respect you, when you are waging a war under a slogan that is completely contradictory to your goal?”

Baoum added that “a group of Gulf writers and terrorists, along with al-Arabiya Channel and some southern hacks, were able to deceive a whole people”.

E.M