Page 35 - What Kind of Yemen ?

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

In a federal government, the country is divided into multiple

states and even if the nation seems to stand as one, every individual
state acts like a separate region within itself. They can independently
make administrative, judicial and financial decisions and put them into
practice. However, their powers are not unlimited; they answer to the
central government and this level of accountability is regulated by the
federal constitution.
In federal systems, the issues that will occur in terms of division of

power between federal administrations and the central government
usually creates sluggishness in the enforcement of policies that concern
the entire country, which in time may turn into large crises.
In federal systems, every state tends to look out for their own
interests and naturally, it would be far more difficult to equally distrib-
ute the wealth to the entirety of the country. In summary, a shift to a
federal system in Yemen has the potential to escalate separatist senti-
ment, rather than alleviate it. The new states will be shaped by ethnic
and sectarian differences. Therefore, it is likely that there will be

regional wave of immigration, and ethnic cleansing, which would
surely add fuel to the fire.
Even if there are measures that can be taken to prevent states from
seceding and turning into independent countries, this happens quite
frequently, and if the federalized states are based on ethnical or reli-
gious divisions, such as in the case of Quebec in Canada or Kashmir in
India, the request to 'secede' inevitably comes. Varying levels of eco-

nomic development also fuel such desires. For instance, Catalonia,
which has a well-developed industrial base and economy, wishes to
break away from Spain claiming that its resources are being used by
the other states.
Needless to say, the people of Yemen will decide which option is
the best for them after evaluating the pros and cons of all the alterna-
tives being presented to them. No matter what system they choose,
every Yemeni should know that being united is a command of God for

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