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| Yemeni deputy Minister of Information threatens to resign |
| 2012-02-03 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemeni deputy minister of information threatened to resign due to what he called "irresponsible and reckless behaviors" of the editors of the state-owned Newspapers: Al-Thwara and al-Jimohria. "Quitting is more honorable to me than keeping my job unable to make any decision," said al-Janadi. He said he would present his resignation next week because state-run al-Thwara has removed the poster of the outgoing 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... from its top front page, stressing that "Saleh is still the legitimate leader of Yemen". He demanded that editors take into account that Saleh's General People Congress party still has half of the seats in the National Unity Government; therefore, they must respect him. Al-Jandadi has been the former regime and GPS front man since the revolution broke out in February. He used to defend and justify the killings of peaceful protesters. On some occasions he went to deny that protesters were getting killed and claimed they were acting to get the international community on their side. Yemeni public media has changed dramatically since the formation of the National Reconciliation Government. Elsewhere, Yemeni Minister of Information Ali al-Amrani survived an liquidation attempt as his car came under fire when he was driving back form the weekly cabinet meeting. The attackers bravely ran away without being intercepted. |
| Posted by:Fred |