Posts
Yemen Observer Staff
Aug 14, 2012
Yemen Prime Minister called on
former opposition group to abandon the GCC deal which put an end to the
political turmoil in the country, days after the Yemeni president considered a
reshuffle in the government.
In an opinion piece published on
August 8 in a Saudi-owned newspaper, al-Watan, Muhammed Salim Basindwa called
on all “revolutionary parties” including the former opposition coalition to
“restore the momentum of the revolution as the only revolutionary path to
achieve the revolution goals”.
“The momentum of the revolution can be
restored only through abandoning entirely the political settlement,” According
to Basindwa’s opinion.
Basindwa was referring to the GCC
deal which stated the government be shared equally between the opposition
group, known as the Joint Meeting Parties and former ruling party head by
former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The Yemeni government, shared
equally between the political factions and led now by the former opposition,
has failed since its formation in November 2011 to bring stability back to the
country after a year and a half of political unrest.
Lack of basic services of
electricity as well as a deteriorating security situation, which fall under the
authority of the JMP’s portfolios, have led the Yemeni president to discuss a
reshuffle in the government, according to a tweet on August 10 by Muhammed
al-Basha , a media officer at the Yemeni embassy in Washington.
Basindwa blamed former president
Saleh of the current situation and accused the international al community’s
role of being “slothful”.
In his comment posted in Facebook,
Muhammed al-Makaleh, a Yemeni writer and official at the Socialist Party, said:
“Whenever it fail to restore the hope to the Yemeni people, the government
tends to assign the blame on the former regime. And it has worked to convince
the public opinion…”
