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Premier calls for pressures against impeders of change
[Yemen Post]  Prime Minister Mohammad Salem Basindwa has called the global world and Secretary-General of the Untied Nations to put extra pressures on impeders of change in Yemen. In a speech delivered on Thursday at the Partners Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations held in Turkey, Basindwa said the global world should stand by the Yemeni people, calling for freeing the Third World Countries from oppression of their rulers. Basindwa appreciated Turkey's reception of Yemenis who were maimed in anti-Saleh protests in Turkey's hospitals, stressing the importance of enhancing cooperation between Yemen and Turkey. The forum, which is being convened by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeks to promote better cross-cultural relations worldwide. The power transfer in Yemen remains deadlocked as relatives of 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... still refuse decrees of President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi ...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... and the interim government. Saleh's nephew, Tariq Mohmmad Abdullah Saleh, in collaboration with loyal officers refuse to hand over the 3rd Republican Guard Brigade to the newly-appointed Abdul-Rahman Al-Halili. The UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar visited Yemen several times and put pressures on Saleh's family to hand over the brigade, but his efforts failed. Armed men affiliated to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh prevented on Monday the new-appointed director of Radio and TV Institution, Eskandar Al-Asbahi, from entering the headquarters of the institution. Benomar told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that elements within Yemen are hindering the transition process. Security Council had warned "all elements within Yemen" that severe sanctions would fall upon those who continue to prevent the country from moving toward democracy. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-01 |
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