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Hadi retorts to UN plan with demands
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said he will only cede power to a president elected during an interim phase and made nine demands, which include exiling the coup leaders, in response to UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed's roadmap.The Yemeni government had voiced reservations over the UN envoy's roadmap and said it did not guarantee stability in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and that it rewarded the Houthis. The government presented its comments to the roadmap making nine demands which include having ousted 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... and Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi abandon political work, sending Saleh and Houthi to an exile of their choice for ten years, implementing international sanctions against them, cancelling decisions resulting from the coup, disarming the Houthi militia and transforming it into a political party. Hadi also demanded holding those involved in the coup accountable, implementing the law of transitional justice, guaranteeing compensations to those harmed by the coup and releasing detainees. The comments also explained why Hadi refuses to transfer his jurisdictions to a vice president as according to specific references, Hadi should supervise the interim political process and then hand over power to an elected president. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-07 |
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