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VP to launch electoral campaign Tuesday
 [Yemen Post] Yemen Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi will launch Tuesday the electoral campaign of the early presidential elections scheduled for February 21 under the title "We build Yemen together."Spokesman of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties Mohammad Al-Odaini said the Yemeni ruling and opposition parties met last week and agreed to launch Hadi's campaign on Tuesday. He made clear that Saleh would deliver a speech to the Yemeni people, pointing out that leaders of the political parties, state officials and Arab and foreign ambassadors would attend the inauguration ceremony of the campaign in Sana'a. Recently, Yemeni parties had expressed fears that some sides seek to disturb the elections, particularly as some gunnies loyal to 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... carried out sieges of some government institutions. News reports had said Hadi has threatened to unveil realities about Yemen's current situations after he said that nothing of the GCC-brokered power transfer's provisions was implemented. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the Higher Coordination Commission of the Yemeni Revolutionaries affirmed that Yemeni revolutionaries will take part in the elections, indicating that vote for Hadi would put an end to Saleh's phase. Under the GCC deal, Hadi is the consensus candidate of major parties, while Saleh remains as a figurehead president for 90 days after he was forced to sign the deal. After the elections, as GCC deal states, Hadi will oversee national dialogue to consider proposals for constitutional reforms that include replacing the presidential system with a multi-party parliamentary system. Hadi is additionally tasked with presiding over the military commission, which operates to negotiate the demilitarization of the capital, Sana'a, and other cities. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-07 |
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