The Iran-backed Houthis have officially admitted their involvement in rampant corruption in the electricity sector and wasting billions of riyals during the period 2018-2021, while depriving state employees of their salaries and pensioners of their pensions under the pretext of lack of financial revenues.
Documents obtained by Yemen Details showed the involvement of more than 70 of Houthi leaders and officials in 14 corruption cases that are considered criminal cases in Yemeni law.
According to the documents, these cases were represented by the leaders of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, the General Electricity Corporation in Sana’a, the Fund for Necessary Needs to Support the Electricity of Hodeidah Governorate, and those in charge of the Hezyaz station in Sana’a, who purchased residual oils to operate the Hezyaz station as (diesel) contrary to the truth and reality, as it became clear that the name of the supplied diesel is residual oils based on technical reports issued by specialists.
The documents indicated that the Hezyaz station was operated with crude oil fuel that did not meet the station's specifications, which caused severe damage to the station's units, as it was powered by diesel fuel and was not intended to operate with crude oil in its current condition.
It also included the leaders of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy and the General Electricity Corporation concluding unfair contracts in the interest of state institutions with a number of suppliers and enabling them to seize public funds.
The documents also showed that the Houthi leaders in the Ministry of Electricity and Energy and the General Electricity Corporation, received the sums into their own pockets, without being supplied to the Corporation's accounts.
