The legitimate for now Yemeni government has started its work from temporary capital Aden with the opening of the office of the foreign ministry on Thursday amid deployment of as many as 1,500 new policemen from the popular resistance forces.
Yemeni president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi had on Thursday directed the ministers of the government of the moment to begin work in Aden until capital Sanaa was liberated from militias. Government sources told pan Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat that the Yemeni government was making all possible efforts to resume the normal functioning of the government in the liberated land.
| Until they get overrun again and all the new government functionaries flee... |
Director-General of Police in the governorate of Aden, Brigadier Mohammed Massad was quoted by the report as saying that the first batch of policemen took charge at government buildings in the city, including premises of the local authority. The officer said with the joining of 1,500 new policemen, the total number of individuals from resistance forces who incorporated with the law enforcement has gone up to 3,700. The new cadre will work in police stations and checkpoints, he added.
Aden police now boasts of 10 police teams who can respond to any kind of emergency, he said adding the officers were trained by Emirati forces who were present in the city to help the local security.
The senior police officer denied presence of Al Qaeda terror group in the city as was being propagated by some media outlets.
He also spoke seemingly forever at length on the crimes perpetrated by the Houthi rebels and shelling of civilians. |