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| Benomar Says no Guarantees for Officials Involved in Yemen Crimes |
| 2012-06-09 |
| [Yemen Post] The UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Beomar has said there are no guarantees for those who committed crimes in the country, few days after the UN Security Council threatened to sanction the obstructers of power-transfer deal sponsored by the international community after the 2011 unrest. In a show aired on a Dubai TV late on Thursday, Benomar held ex-leader, 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... , responsible for the worsening situation in Yemen and urged the power-sharing government to issue the transitional justice law soon. "It is regrettable to object to such law, at a time when Yemen is experiencing a 'model wide political and civil partnership' for the first time in its history," he said. "I regret that the ministers of the General People's Congress, whose head is Saleh, were behind the delay to issue the transitional justice law in Yemen". On May 29, Benomar submitted his report on the situation in Yemen to the UN Security Council which hailed progress so far on the political reconciliation process, but warned of all attempts affecting the democratic transition. The obstruction attempts have triggered the concerns of the countries sponsoring the deal, some of which have already started to take measures to sanction those behind such attempts. Benomar said the democratic transition is facing big challenges in Yemen including the rebellion of some military officers against presidential decrees replacing them. The officers included Tariq Saleh, a nephew of the ex-president, who has refused to give up his post as the commander of the third elite republican guard brigade. Saleh, who signed the deal in November to relinquish power after 33 years in office in return for immunity from prosecution, has earlier demanded assign this brigade to guard him. The demand was unwelcome. The Security Council will send a strongly-worded letter to those obstructing the political transition in Yemen at a time when the GCC countries are discussing a decision over the issue, he said. Benomar also urged all Yemenis to participate in a comprehensive dialogue expected in the few coming months according to the deal, saying dialogue remains the best solution to resolve all problems in the country. He reiterated full support to Yemen's president Abdrabu Mansour Hadi as he hailed the battles killing and injuring hundreds of Al-Qaeda Orcs and similar vermin and clearing them from areas in the south. |
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