31 مايو 2026 : The Political and State-Building Track of the National Peace Movement organized an open intellectual seminar titled “The Paths and Developments of the Democratic Transition Process in Yemen.” The seminar was presented by Dr. Shadi Khasrouf, Vice Chair of the Rights Track in the movement, and was attended by a select group of academics, intellectuals, and politicians from both within and outside the movement.
The seminar, moderated by Afra Alhabouri, Vice Chair of the movement’s UK branch, provided an analytical review of the critical milestones in the Yemeni experience since the early 1990s, tracing the landscape’s transition from pluralism, consensus, and comprehensive dialogue to a state of division and war.
Dr. Khasrouf attributed the setback of the democratic path to five key factors: the absence of safeguarding institutions, the dominance of personal and partisan interests, the politicization of military and security institutions, deep-seated societal divisions, and widespread corruption. He explained that the unfair exploitation of state resources during elections turned political competition into a struggle between “the state and parties” rather than a fair race among equal actors, emphasizing that democracy is a comprehensive system of rights and the rule of law, not just a ballot box.
ورسمت الندوة خارطة طريق للعودة إلى المسار السلمي، حددت شروطها في: البناء على مسودة مخرجات الحوار الوطني، تأسيس مؤسسات دولة محايدة تفصل مقدرات الوطن عن مصالح الأشخاص والأحزاب، تعزيز الشفافية والقضاء على الفساد، وإدارة الخلافات ضمن أطر مؤسسية سلمية.
وفي الختام، شهدت الندوة نقاشاً تفاعلياً بين المشاركين حول مستقبل التحول الديمقراطي في اليمن وآفاق استعادة المسار السياسي، حيث أكد الحاضرون أهمية استمرار الحوارات الفكرية الجادة بوصفها رافعةً أساسية لإنتاج رؤى وطنية تسهم في بناء السلام والاستقرار والدولة المنشودة.
