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Gunmen attack office of Aden's governor
 [Yemen Post] Armed men headed by Abdul-Karim Shaif, deputy governor of Aden, stormed on Sunday the office of the governor of Aden Ahmad Qatabi.Local sources told Yemen Post that Shaif raided the office, expelled the assistants of the governor, confiscated the official stamps and ordered the Central Bank of Yemen not to deal with the Governor's signature. This came a day after Shaif and some of the General People Congress officials boycotted a meeting of the security commission chaired by governor on Saturday. The sources said that Shaif sees Qatabi as not the legal governor, saying that Shaif rejected the return of Qatabi under the pretext that his resignation was accepted by the outgoing President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi last week issued a decree of re-appointing Qatabi as governor of Aden. Qaatabi resigned from his position and declared joining to the anti-regime revolution in March,15 days after his appointment as a governor of Aden. He resigned in protest at killing and wounding hundreds of Yemenis by forces loyal to Saleh on March 18. The sources said Shaif hinted to disturb the presidential elections due to be held on February 21 in Aden. The alliance of Yemen's opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), has cautioned against attempts of officials affiliated to Saleh to disturb the elections. Yemeni analysts said that some aides of Saleh plan to break down the elections with the aim of halting the GCC-brokered power transfer deal that Saleh was forced to sign in lately November. Gunmen loyal to Saleh have recently surrounded and attacked some state newspaper and media institutions in protest at commuting their publication policies. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-06 |
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