Saleh pardons journalists T

AIZ, May 22 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh
pardoned on Saturday all journalists on trial and those sentenced due to public
right cases.
The pardon was granted as the president attended the festival organized on the 20th
anniversary of unification in the western province of Taiz.
In his address to the nation on the eve of Unification Day, Saleh ordered to
release all detainees held in connection with the Houthi rebellion in the far
north, which ended
in February this year, and the rioting in some southern provinces.
We hope the released learn from the pardon to be good community assets, he said.
Early today, President Saleh and Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi attended
the youth and student festival organized on the occasion in Taiz.
Parliament Speaker Yahya al-Ra'e, Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, Shura Chairman Abdul
Aziz Abdul Ghani, head of the Supreme Judicial Council Esma al-Samawi, president
advisors,
a number of lawmakers and Shura members, military and party leaders and Yemen guests
from Egypt, Oman and other foreign countries attended the event as well.
At the festival, Taiz Governor Khalid Hamoud al-Soufi delivered a speech saying
that the national unity of Yemen is very strong and many giant achievements have
been made
under it.
The unity has never been a point of controversy even in the peak of separation
ages, he said.
Moreover, he pointed to President Saleh's initiatives for holding a national
dialogue to address the country's crucial issues.
In this regard, the governor said: we, various political and intellectual forces in
Yemen, should manage our disagreements through a responsible dialogue within the
unity
and constitution.
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