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| Yemen PM appointment rejected by rebels holding capital |
| 2014-10-08 |
| [REUTERS] Yemen's president appointed a new prime minister on Tuesday as part of a deal with Shi'ite Moslem fighters who control the capital to start leaving the city, but they rejected the nomination, suggesting no end to the deadlock is in sight. Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... fighters seized Sanaa with little resistance last month after overrunning an army brigade affiliated to the rival but moderate Islamist Islah party, making them effectively the power brokers in the country. The Houthis' rejection of the appointment adds fresh uncertainty to weeks of political volatility following the movement's seizure of the capital of 2 million people. The group, which has ties to Iran, has resisted demands to quit the capital, saying that an agreement they signed with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to make them a part of the government gives them the right to stay until a new prime minister has been named. Hadi named one of his top associates to the post on Tuesday, his office director Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, state news agency Saba said. But the Houthis, officially known as Ansarullah, rejected the appointment. Abdelmalik al-Ejri, a member of the Ansarullah political bureau, said Hadi had suggested bin Mubarak as prime minister after a committee of advisers representing all major political parties failed to agree on a candidate among five names the president had suggested. "President Hadi bears the responsibility of this decision," Ejri told Rooters. The Houthis control government bodies and last week ordered the Finance Ministry to suspend all payments except salaries to state employees. Bin Mubarak, who holds a doctorate in business administration from Baghdad University, was born in 1968 in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. He previously served as a consultant for international projects in Yemen before becoming director of the presidential office. |
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