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Arabia
Hadi to issue significant decrees
2012-04-20
[Yemen Post] Media Secretary of President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi has said that significant decrees will be issued during the upcoming week, pointing out that all Yemen's problems will be resolved through peaceful ways and dialogue.

Yahya Al-Arasi revealed that all Yemeni political sides agreed on the success of the GCC-brokered initiative and its implementing mechanism, indicating that there are some differences and that they will be overcome.

In an interview with the Kuwaiti Al-Rai Newsapaper, Al-Arasi said Hadi has not accused any part of rebellion or refusal of his decrees, asserting that Haid has the full legitimacy to conduct changes of senior military commanders.

He anticipated that decrees of forming a national dialogue committee will be issued in the next week, expressing hope that Commander of the Air Force will hand over the command to the newly-appointed commander Rashid Al-Janad, stressing that the refusal of the handover is merely an attempt hamper Hadi's boldness,

The UN Envoy Jamal Binomar arrived in Sana'a on Wednesday to discuss with the top government officials and army commanders the obstacles facing the GCC-brokered power transfer deal.

The visit of the UN Envoy came after some relatives of Saleh refused to abide by the deal and refused decrees issued by Hadi.

Yemeni analysts reiterated that Benomar's visit aims at convincing rebellious Saleh's relatives to change their minds about Hadi's decrees.

Media sources said Benomar is to meet the elderly son of Saleh who runs the Republican Guard, Ahmed 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...
, to inform him that the countries overseeing the GCC deal are discontented about the involvement of the Republican Guard in supporting rebellion of some military commanders against Hadi's decrees.

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