President al-Mushat: The October 14 Revolution Is a Beacon of Freedom — We Will Continue to Defend Every Inch of Yemen and Expel Every Aggressive Occupier
Field Marshal Mahdi al-Mushat, President of the Supreme Political Council, affirmed that October 14 is a commemoration that haunts invaders and new occupiers, reminding them of the fate awaiting any aggressor on this sacred land — a land that knows only dignity and pride and bows to no one but God.
In a speech tonight marking the 62nd anniversary of the October 14 Revolution, President al-Mushat said: “We will continue to defend our country until every inch of the Republic of Yemen is liberated and every rapacious occupier who plundered the people’s wealth, spilled the blood of its sons, imprisoned them in secret jails, and assaulted their livelihoods by manufacturing economic crises and causing price hikes and shortages of fuel and food is expelled.”
He extended congratulations to the leader of the revolution, Mr. Abd al-Malik al-Houthi, to the Yemeni people, to the heroes of the armed forces and security services, to all comrades in arms and jihad, and to all partners in the national stance — parties, elites, scholars, sheikhs, dignitaries, and every free man and woman across all fronts of official and popular work, and in every field of the comprehensive liberation struggle on this occasion.
Al-Mushat stressed that October 14 is not an ordinary date in history but a glorious dawn that lit the paths of freedom and an enduring symbol of Yemeni sovereignty and dignity. “It is a day to be proud of for every Yemeni and every person who understands what it means to be free, who understands the sanctity of wresting independence even when it is soaked in noble blood. It is a source of pride that you are today the natural continuation and lawful heirs of the heroes of the October 14 Revolution, who sacrificed so Yemen might remain free and proud and so that every invader and occupier be driven from its pure soil.”
He added that on this anniversary they must once again revive the essence and authentic spirit of the October 14 Revolution and correct the distortions that have crept into its concepts over the years. He warned that for decades the enemies of the revolution and liberation have tried to infiltrate the collective consciousness, tarnishing the revolution’s pristine markers and attempting to erase the meanings of liberation and independence for which the heroes sacrificed.
President al-Mushat said those actors should instead have worked to entrench a culture of freedom, reject all forms of tutelage, and raise public awareness against covert occupation attempts — planting in people a vigilant sensitivity that would not permit such schemes to take root or prepare the ground for renewed occupation.
He noted that peoples who tasted the bitterness of invasion and occupation did not limit themselves to commemorations; they rose to build environments that repel invaders and fortified themselves with comprehensive strategies at cultural, economic, and political levels, thereby forging resilient nations that resist subjugation.
“But instead,” he said, “they sought to erase the great history of the fighters and revolutionaries who ignited the October 14 Revolution and produced epic deeds.” He accused the enemies of the revolution of falsifying this glorious history and belittling the sacrifices of the people — the blood spilled by fathers and ancestors across every plain, mountain, and valley. This has produced conceptual chaos in which the mercenaries of the new occupiers shamelessly and brazenly both celebrate October 14 and flatter the foreign occupiers at the same time — justifying their presence and serving their agendas — as if the cries of the free never reached them and the pages of history no longer mattered.
He stressed that such a fall is a crime that must not be tolerated; it is unworthy of the youth, of intellectuals, of writers and free voices who cannot stand by as spectators. “The national duty today compels us all to wage the battle of awareness with seriousness and responsibility, to make the October 14 Revolution a beacon guiding our comprehensive national liberation struggle against the new colonizers, to preserve the revolution’s memory from distortion, and to safeguard its glory in history and the meaning of its sacrifices.”
The president emphasized that the Yemeni people have restored the honor of the October 14 Revolution not merely with slogans but through steadfastness, proud resilience, and heroic resistance to the American-Saudi aggression for ten consecutive years — a period in which their resolve did not waver, their will did not break, and they did not yield an inch in their right to freedom and independence.
He expressed pride and gratitude for the genuine popular solidarity of their brethren in the southern governorates with the just cause of Palestine and the suffering o