Yemen’s Interim Ruler Refuses Transition Talks
Opposition Eyes 'Interim Council' Failing New Talks
Opposition leaders have repeatedly threatened to unilaterally form an “interim council” that would act as a rival government in the wake of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s fleeing to Saudi Arabia. They insisted that the only alternative was a new GCC-mediated transition initiative.
Despite this, GCC officials report, interim ruler Major General Hadi has repeatedly refused to talk to the GCC about a new round of talks. Officials say that Hadi insisted he was too busy with the “security situation in the province.”
Yemen’s army has been fighting with various factions over the control of cities, and is still dealing with a very tentative ceasefire with tribesmen who just weeks ago looked prepared to chase the entire government out of the capital.
The Saleh-Hadi government insists it is simply waiting for Saleh to return, despite reports he is in extremely poor health after an assassination attempt led to emergency surgery last weekend. GCC officials have sought an orderly transition deal to avoid the nation fracturing and threatening the stability of their own regimes. The Obama Administration has expressed a preference for Maj. Gen. Hadi to simply assume control over the nation.
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Bianca
June 12th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
He is too busy attacking imaginary "militants", that is, the rebellious population. Naturally, now that Saleh is out of the country, the movement has lost some of the energy, and is in confusion as to what to do. That is a clear advantage to Saleh's som and other military leaders to strike with AIR FORCE the rebellion. The south is the primary target, not because of the imaginary Al-Qaeda, but because if South gets control of any territory, Saleh will not be able to return it under the regime control. Tribes are in cease fire, but it will not last long. With the tactics now clear, this is Saleh's regime (his son, nephews, uncle, brother) without Saleh. Why on earth is US so desparately keeping this regime in power? Without US armaments, airstrikes and military advisors, the regime would be gone long ago. There is too much amateurish foreign policy going on here. Hillary Clinton is not the caliber — sorry.