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196132
Wed, 07/20/2011 - 15:42
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Yemeni Politician: Transitional Council Capable of Returning Power to People
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Yemeni politician announced on Wednesday that the transitional council formed by the country's opposition forces is able to return the power to the Yemeni people and materialize their rights.
"The council tries to retrieve power from the remaining elements of the ruling regime and it can return the power to people," Sheikh Soltan Same'i told FNA.
He reiterated that the remaining elements of the former regime in the presidential office and intelligence and security organization are still in power and attempt to pressure the revolutionaries to withdraw their demands.
Same'i pointed to the lack of a central government in Yemen, and said since the country has no president, Saudi officials and their hirelings like the two sons of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni dictator, are controlling affairs in the country.
Yemen's mainstream opposition coalition said on Tuesday it would set up a "National Council for the Forces of the Revolution" to lead efforts to oust Saleh and end months of violence.
The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) made the decision just days after youth groups and activists who have been at the forefront of six months of pro-democracy protests formed their own 17-member "transitional council" in a bid to force out Saleh.
The formation of two interim councils could further splinter Yemen's opposition in the fractious Arabian Peninsula country where Saleh, who survived a bomb attack in June, is clinging to 33 years of power.
A popular uprising against 69-year-old Saleh began in January and fighting between government forces and opposition supporters has taken place in most parts of the country, including the capital Sana'a.
"The council tries to retrieve power from the remaining elements of the ruling regime and it can return the power to people," Sheikh Soltan Same'i told FNA.
He reiterated that the remaining elements of the former regime in the presidential office and intelligence and security organization are still in power and attempt to pressure the revolutionaries to withdraw their demands.
Same'i pointed to the lack of a central government in Yemen, and said since the country has no president, Saudi officials and their hirelings like the two sons of Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni dictator, are controlling affairs in the country.
Yemen's mainstream opposition coalition said on Tuesday it would set up a "National Council for the Forces of the Revolution" to lead efforts to oust Saleh and end months of violence.
The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) made the decision just days after youth groups and activists who have been at the forefront of six months of pro-democracy protests formed their own 17-member "transitional council" in a bid to force out Saleh.
The formation of two interim councils could further splinter Yemen's opposition in the fractious Arabian Peninsula country where Saleh, who survived a bomb attack in June, is clinging to 33 years of power.
A popular uprising against 69-year-old Saleh began in January and fighting between government forces and opposition supporters has taken place in most parts of the country, including the capital Sana'a.
