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Prime Minister accuses former president of committing crimes
 [Yemen Post] Prime Minister Mohammad Salem Basindowa has accused the former 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... of committing the crime of Al-Karama Friday on which forces loyal to Saleh killed dozens protesters and injured hundreds others. "The excessive use of force against peaceful protesters on Al-Kharama Friday led to agitate the anger in the hearts of Yemenis, and made the regime fails to achieve its desires of that brutal attack against the protesters," Basindowa added. On a ceremony marking the annual anniversary of Al-Karama Friday held on Sunday, Basindowa affirmed that the events of Al-Karama Friday pushed many Yemeni officials to denounce the massacre, pointing out that some military divisions declared their support to the revolution. He strongly criticized the propaganda used by officials loyal to Saleh against the interim government, reminding them of power outages and the acute oil derivatives under the rule of Saleh. He cited that his government works to provide essential services, stressing that most people know who stand behind insecurity and attacking power lines in some areas, pointing out to those people are aids and supporters of Saleh. He declared about a government donation of YR 50 million for the families of deaders of the Yemeni revolution. Meanwhile , President Abdu-Rabo Hadi issued a decree of appropriating all civilians who were killed in 2011 due to the peaceful protests as deaders of the nation. The decree issued on the annual anniversary of al-Karama Friday also appropriated a salary for each martyr as well as those totally displaced persons. It further directed the interim government to provide health care for the injured and transfer those who were seriously injured to outside hospitals. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-20 |
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