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Yemeni president capitulates to the demands of Houthi rebels [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Yemeni president capitulates to the demands of Houthi rebels
Hakim Almasmari in Sana'a, and Martin Chulov in Beirut
The Guardian, Wednesday 21 January 2015 22.55 GMT
Yemen’s president Abed Mansour Hadi has yielded to the demands of Houthi gunmen who over ran the capital Sana’a, agreeing to a power-sharing role that will dilute his powers and give the rebels a strident voice in state affairs.
After being ousted from his palace, then besieged in his home for 24 hours, Hadi agreed to all the Houthis’ demands, state media reported. In return, the rebels will withdraw from all government facilities they seized, including military bases and tv stations. They will also free Hadi’s aide who was captured over the weekend.
The deal amounts to a capitulation for the embattled leader, who will no longer have full authority to assign the entire government, or to make executive decisions without the input of the Houthis.
A senior Houthi official welcomed the compromise but warned that deadlines had been breached when previous deals had been struck over the past three months. “This deal specifies a two week grace period to implement the core of what was agreed upon and we will be watching up close to see whether the government is serious or not this time,” a member of the Houthi political council told the Guardian.
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Hakim Almasmari in Sana'a, and Martin Chulov in Beirut
The Guardian, Wednesday 21 January 2015 22.55 GMT
Yemen’s president Abed Mansour Hadi has yielded to the demands of Houthi gunmen who over ran the capital Sana’a, agreeing to a power-sharing role that will dilute his powers and give the rebels a strident voice in state affairs.
After being ousted from his palace, then besieged in his home for 24 hours, Hadi agreed to all the Houthis’ demands, state media reported. In return, the rebels will withdraw from all government facilities they seized, including military bases and tv stations. They will also free Hadi’s aide who was captured over the weekend.
The deal amounts to a capitulation for the embattled leader, who will no longer have full authority to assign the entire government, or to make executive decisions without the input of the Houthis.
A senior Houthi official welcomed the compromise but warned that deadlines had been breached when previous deals had been struck over the past three months. “This deal specifies a two week grace period to implement the core of what was agreed upon and we will be watching up close to see whether the government is serious or not this time,” a member of the Houthi political council told the Guardian.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/21/yemen-president-abed-mansour-hadi-yields-houthi-rebels
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