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Yemen's new President appoints military commander, governor, and security chief
[Yemen Post] Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi issued on Thursday a republican decree in which he assigned two military commanders and a governor.In his first decree as President, Hadi appointed Waheed Ahmed Rashid as the governor of the port city of Aden, Salam Qatan as the commander of the southern military area, and brigadier Saleh Hameed as the security chief of Aden. His decision came only three days after he was officially inaugurated as the new president for the Republic of Yemen. Hadi, who was sworn in on Saturday, has a lot of challenges to tackle in this "delicate and complex stage". One of the most pressing of which is restructuring the Yemeni army and make be led by unified national leadership. Even though restructuring the army was a part of the GCC-initiated power transfer deal, many political analysts think achieving that is the most difficult test for Hadi as President. Former Yemeni President ALi Abdullah Saleh has assigned a corrupt network, which drained the resources of the country for decades, and put the country at their hands. Saleh's relatives still control key military institutions, including the elite Elite Republican Guards, National Security, Central Security Forces, Air Force. Also his close circle leads the most powerful facilities in the country. The revolutionaries said they would give Hadi some time to deliver promises of reforms and heed their rightful demands of a modern, civil state, or else they would bring him down just as they had done to his predecessor. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-03 |
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