Newspaper: Yemeni agreement on an equal government, and a discussion to appoint two deputies for "Hadi"
English - Sunday 05 July 2020 الساعة 06:19 pm
Aden, Newsyemen:
The Arab newspaper, issued from London, said that the Yemeni political forces and components have reached a consensus on the measures of the first stage of implementing the Riyadh agreement related to the political aspect, which includes appointing a prime minister and appointing a governor and security director for the capital Aden, amid leaks of pressure exerted by Saudi Arabia on the negotiators to accelerate the agreement.
The newspaper quoted political sources, that the consultations that took place during the past days with the participation of the Presidency of the House of Representatives and the advisory body of President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the heads of political parties and organizations led to agreement on the assignment of the current Prime Minister, Moeen Abdulmalik, to form a new government of 24 ministers from both North and South Yemen equally, according to the outputs of the Riyadh agreement signed between the government and the Southern Transitional Council last November.
It indicated that the interim president, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, will issue a number of presidential decisions in the coming days to assign Abdulmalik to form the new government, in addition to appointing the governor of Aden from the Southern Transitional Council.
The sources suggested that the governor of Aden be the former Minister of Transport and a member of the Presidency Council for the Southern Transitional Council, Murad al-Halmi.
This will also be done in parallel with the appointment of a director of Aden’s security who is loyal to President Hadi, and the sources are likely to appoint former Director of Taiz Security Brigadier General Mutahar Al-Shuaibi in this position.
The newspaper stated that there is a discussion going on to agree on appointing two new Vice-Presidents Hadi, one from the North and the other from the South, instead of the current Vice President Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, whose sources confirmed the existence of a broad consensus between the various Yemeni forces and components on his dismissal and his appointment to an honorary position.
It is possible - the newspaper says - that these changes will be announced as one package during the next few days in the event that there are no new factors as expected and in the forefront of this is the continued escalation led by the Brotherhood and the Qatar Current within the Yemeni government, which opposes the implementation of the Riyadh agreement and seeks to push towards a clash with the Arab coalition and Yemeni components opposing the Houthi coup, such as the Transitional Council and the Congress Party (Saleh's wing) and leftist and other nationalist currents.
Yemeni politicians, media activists and activists from the Islah Party and the Doha Stream anticipated the consultations sponsored by the Arab Coalition to implement the Riyadh Agreement and the formation of a new government by attacking the Arab Coalition and accusing it of imposing certain political figures.
“The Arabs” indicated that the coming period will witness a new wave of political displacement from within the Yemeni government towards Doha, Istanbul and Muscat if the Arab coalition succeeds in ending the state of tension and conflict behind which many Yemeni political figures supported by Qatar disappear and whose role will decline after the announcement of the next government and initiate a broad process of reform of the "legitimate" institutions.
It pointed out that the assignment of Mouen Abdulmalik to form a new government and appoint a governor and security director for the temporary capital of Aden will be followed by the return of the designated prime minister and the start of urgent measures to address the conditions of public services and the payment of employee salaries, in conjunction with the start of the implementation of the military component of the Riyadh Agreement that includes the establishment of a unified security force in Aden and the rest of the southern governorates and the withdrawal of the forces stationed in Aden, Abyan and Shabwa to areas of contact with the Houthis.
