The city of Al-Houta, the capital of Lahj Governorate, witnessed a massive demonstration on Monday morning in which various groups of society participated, including female teachers.
The demonstration toured the city to denounce the significant deterioration in services, the delay in disbursing employees’ salaries for more than two months, and the power outage for more than a month in a precedent that the governorate had not witnessed before.
Thousands of demonstrators roamed the streets in response to a call issued by labor unions calling for demonstrations. Condemning the state of comprehensive collapse that the governorate is witnessing.
The demonstrators demanded stopping the collapse of the currency, providing services, and disbursing salaries.
The demonstrators chanted slogans against the government of Maeen Abdul Malik and the governor who runs the governorate from an ivory tower, and said that the government and the local authority did not provide anything significant to them.
The mass march began in front of the Office of the Education Administration in the city of Al-Houta, and arrived in front of the local authority building in the governorate, where a protest was held and a comprehensive strike was officially announced in all facilities starting today, Monday 1/22/2024 AD. Until their demands are met, employees’ salaries must also be disbursed at the end of each month without delay, provided that it is via government mail and not private commercial banks.
Teachers from Al-Houta schools participated in the demonstration that toured the streets of Al-Houta, in which they raised slogans denouncing the delay in salaries and the deterioration of salaries. Services, especially electricity, and high prices.
Lahji Street is witnessing a state of congestion and anger, as a result of the non-payment of salaries, the rise in food prices, and the deterioration of services, especially electricity, suggesting the escalation of popular protests in the governorate.
It is noteworthy that salaries Teachers' salaries for the months of December and January have not been paid yet, and the governorate has been witnessing a total power outage for more than a month.