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PM fails to persuade judges of ending protests
 [Yemen Post] Yemen Prime Minister Mohammad Salem Basindwia along with other ministers of the interim government failed to persuade judges of ending their protests, well informed sources said.The sources said that Basindiwa offered the demonstrators to end their protests in return for meeting some of their demands in the coming days, reminding them that Yemen currently witnesses difficult conditions. They said the judges did not accept any promises, and they would escalate their protests and use all legal means that may lead to achieve their demands. Judges began their protests last week , demanding to carry out reforms in judiciary , make it independent, give judges complete immunity and cleanse judges of all military and security members. They also demand to elect members of the Supreme Judiciary Council from the members of the judicial authority and limit the powers of the Justice Minister to the administrative and financial affairs. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... what has become known as the institution revolution hit many public authorities and resulted in the ouster of tens of corrupt officials in Yemen, as employees and students insisted on firing them. Several military and security units demanded the removal of officers accused of corruption or involvement in the deadly crackdown on protesters. Hundreds of the Air Forces soldiers have been protesting for weeks , demanding to fire their commander Mohammad Saleh Alahmar, half brother of Saleh. Protests erupted lately of January inside a camp of the Republican Guard commanded by son of 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... However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... they were ended after Ahmed cautioned officers and soldiers against arranging any demonstrations, threatening to purge anyone trying to protest. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-07 |
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