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| Yemen: Basendowah to Lead New National Government |
| 2011-11-27 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemen's opposition National Council officially chose Mohammed Basendowah as its candidate for the prime ministerial post in Yemen's fist national government after President-for-Life Saleh's ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... power transfer signing. Senior officials in the opposition said that the council had previously decided on Yaseen Noman, president of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties, but he decline to accept the position. According to the agreement, the opposition would nominate its candidate to lead the government while the vice president would accept the nomination and ask him to form the unified government. Officials close to Vice President Abdu Rabu Hadi said that he will call on Basendowah to form the new government. Basendowah is a former foreign minister and a prominent southern leader. |
| Posted by:Fred |