[Yemen Post] President Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi has refused to attend a meeting of the General People Congress headed by the former 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...
an Emirati newsapepr, Al-Khaleej, quoted sources close to Hadi.
The sources said that Saleh held a meeting at his residency last Saturday with members of his party, making reference that Hadi refused to attend the meeting.
The newspaper said that Saleh had asked Hadi to keep his son, Ahmed Ali, who commands the Republican Guard in his position, in return for accepting the dismissal of his half-bother Mohammad Saleh Al-Ahmar who run the Air Forces until April 6th.
The sources said that Hadi seriously consider taking bold critical decisions regarding imposing sanctions against Saleh's relatives who refused his decrees as well as designating them as rebels against the constitutional legitimacy.
Well-informed sources told Yemen Post on Sunday that Hadi actually ordered to refer Al-Ahamar to a military court, pointing out that Hadi believes that Saleh is behind the chaos in the air force and the looting of military equipment.
Yemeni analysts view that the dismissal of Hadi's decrees by Al-Ahmar and Saleh's nephew, Tariq Mohammad Abdullah, was one example of how Saleh worked behind the scenes to obstruct the country's interim government as it struggles to bring about reforms.
They said the move of dismissal Saleh's relatives was a good step to fulfill his promises of reforms in the wake of his predecessor's ouster.
Among those sacked were some of Saleh's relatives was a brother-in-law to Saleh's daughter who had headed a lucrative oil products distribution company, which was seen as an arm of the former president's vast economic wealth.