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Ansarallah Rejects Yemen PM’s Appointment

Ansarallah Rejects Yemen PM’s Appointment
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Yemen's president appointed a new prime minister Tuesday as part of a deal with Ansarallah group, who rejected the nomination and vowed to resist the move.

Ansarallah Rejects Yemen PM’s AppointmentThe Houthis' rejection of the appointment adds fresh uncertainty to weeks of political volatility following the movement's seizure of the capital of 2 million people.

Their takeover came after weeks of protests followed by four days of clashes that killed more than 200 people.

Yemen is trying to overcome years of political turmoil. The upheaval began in 2011 when pro-democracy protests forced long-serving President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
The Houthis, who have ties to Iran, have resisted demands to quit the capital, saying that an agreement they signed with President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi to make them a part of the government gives them the right to stay until a new prime minister has been named.

Hadi Tuesday appointed one of his top associates to the post, his office director Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak, state news agency Saba said.
Hadi Sultan al-Atwani, one of Hadi's aides, said a committee of the president's top advisers had met and short-listed three names from a list of candidates and left it to the president to choose.

But the Houthis angrily rejected the appointment and accused the US Embassy in Sanaa of involvement in the decision to appoint bin Mubarak.
"Supporters of the embassies appeared after the US ambassador met President Hadi to declare their coup against the will of the Yemeni people and imposing bin Mubarak in line with the will of the embassies," Daifallah al-Shami, a prominent member of the politburo, said in remarks on his Facebook page.

"This decision has met widespread popular rejection and the people are preparing to resume the revolutionary escalation and complete their revolution which will only end with achieving their objectives," he added, referring to the protests that the Houthis started against the previous government in late July.

The Houthis now control the capital and have been operating oversight committees to supervise the work of various ministries. Last week, they ordered the Finance Ministry to suspend all payments except salaries to state employees.
Abdel-Malek al-Ejri, another member of the Houthi politburo, said Hadi had nominated bin Mubarak as prime minister after a committee of advisers representing all major political parties failed to agree on a candidate among five names the president had suggested.

"President Hadi bears the responsibility of this decision," Ejri said.

Bin Mubarak, who holds a doctorate in business administration from Baghdad University, was born in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.
In March last year, bin Mubarak served as secretary-general of Yemen's "conference of national dialogue," comprising representatives of all political parties and civic groups which Hadi had convened to map out reforms.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team