The head of the National Movement for Correction and Construction, Bassem Fadl Al-Shaabi, visited this morning, Tuesday, the office of the Attorney General of the Republic, His Eminence Judge Qaher Mustafa, and met with the Director General of the Office of the Attorney General, Judge Muhammad Al-Batoul, and handed him a complaint from the National Movement for Correction and Construction, supported by documents. Regarding the financial accounts of various state institutions opened in exchange companies and private banks in violation of the law, in addition to the refusal of a number of governorates in areas controlled by the legitimate government to supply financial revenues to the central bank, which is affiliated with the state. In the capital, Aden.

The complaint called on the Public Prosecutor to work to address this important file, in cooperation and coordination with the relevant authorities, most notably the Ministry of Finance, and to refer violators of the law to the competent prosecution and courts. 

The Correction Movement said that what is happening is a full-fledged process of corruption, theft, and waste of public money, at a time when the country is suffering from difficult and complex economic conditions, a lack of necessary services, and the government’s inability to fulfill its obligations to pay the salaries of employees and retirees on a regular basis.

Text of the complaint:

His Eminence Brother Judge Qaher Mustafa/ Honorable Attorney General of the Republic 

Greetings, great respect and appreciation 

The National Movement for Correction and Construction presents you with its best regards, wishing you good health and wellness, and success in your professional life.

Subject/ Complaint about the state’s resources and revenues file

With reference to the above topic, we inform you that we, in the National Movement for Correction and Construction, sent to you, last Saturday, a report regarding the private financial accounts of a number of state institutions in the liberated areas, which were opened in exchange companies and private banks in violation of the law, as well as the refusal to These institutions, and a number of governors of governorates that have been liberated from supplying state revenues to the Central Bank in the capital, Aden, including a number of oil and gas governorates, have been doing so for several years, and this is considered a crime by Crimes of corruption and wasting public money are punishable by law, at a time when the liberated regions and cities are suffering from a serious and unprecedented deterioration of the local currency exchange rate, which has created stifling economic and service crises, and an insane rise in the prices of goods, in light of the low and irregular exchange rates. The salaries of employees and retirees are low, which threatens to expand the scope of famine and chaos, as well as a permanent halt to the wheel of real development in the country.

Based on the documents we obtained confirming the validity of the complaint submitted to you, we hope that you will take action to address this important file, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, first and foremost the Ministry of Finance, which, as we learned, has lists of the institutions and entities involved in opening the aforementioned private accounts, which are abstaining. About supplying state revenues to the State Central Bank in the capital, Aden.

Note that the number of financial accounts opened by these parties in private companies and banks in violation of the law has reached approximately three hundred accounts, in various liberated governorates.

We hope to pay attention to this file, and carry out investigations and referrals to the competent prosecution and courts, so that they can have the final say, and end the corruption that poses an existential threat to the people and the country.

We are thankful for your cooperation, and congratulations on your previous successes in dealing with many corruption files and cases, in the capital, Aden, and elsewhere.

And accept the utmost respect and appreciation..,

Your brother/ Bassem Fadl Al-Shaabi

President of the National Movement for Correction and Construction