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| Hundreds Protest at Hadi's Residence to Demand Sacking Governor, Site |
| 2012-11-23 |
| [Yemen Post] Hundreds of people from Yemen's Dhamar province arrived in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday to demand President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi fire the Dhamar governor, Almasdar Online reported. The people arrived to before the residence of President Hadi to hold an open protest until their demands were met. The angry people said the move came amid continuously deteriorating situation in Dhamar in general, according to the website. Muhammad Al-Rakhmi, the spokesperson for the protest, said the schools have been closed under direct orders from the Dhamar governor. "The students are in their homes and the orders to close the schools aimed to spread chaos in the province," he was quoted as saying. "The governor continues to receive orders from the former president". Al-Rakhmi said they will continue their protest in case their demands are not met. "We have an escalation plan, and we will not leave this site [in front of Hadi's residence] until our demands were met," he said. Separately, the website reported that the son of military commander, Al-Awbaly, and two of his guards were transported on a plane from Hodeida and handed over to the authorities in the capital Sanaa. Mohammad Al-Awbali, the son of Murad Al-Awbaly commander at the elite republican guard, is wanted on charges of fighting and killing coppers at a checkpoint in Sana'a. The Interior Ministry has also said earlier he was involved in another case in Hodeida. Furthermore, the father and the son are accused of committing crimes against protesters in the southern province of Taiz |
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