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| New President of the Shura Council Elected |
| 2011-10-15 |
| [Yemen Post] After an exceptional session meeting, the Shura Council members elected its new president, Abdul Rahman Ali Othman. Since the death of its former president, former Yemen prime minister, Abdul Ghani who passed away on August 22sd as he was unable to recover from the injuries he sustained in the presidential mosque's attack in early June, the Council was left headless. President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... urged the Council last week to convene and elect a new leader as for the body to resume its proper functions. Several political opponents of president Saleh are now accusing the latter of trying to bring back a sense of normality to the country by hitting the reset button on the crumbling state institutions. "Saleh wants to show the international community he is back in the commending seat and that under his command, things are running smoothly," said Said al-Khadi an aspiring politician. In any case, this new appointment is unlikely to cause much stir since the Opposition cares very little about the Shura Council, considered only an extension of the president's will. |
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