Al-Thawry [Archives:2006/948/Press Review]
18 May 2006.
Main headlines
– While Al-Qihali denied his nomination to the elections, The governor of Aden storms the house of Mujahid Al-Qihali
– Al-Attas: Democracy fearful for the authority that fears the change
– Interior Minister admits existence of monitoring of communications
– The government stops observing the bird flue disease
– International report warns of impact of continued violations on elections decency
Ex-prime minister Hayder Abubakr Al-Attas writes an article on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the Yemeni unity. He says our people are bidding farewell to the 16th year of the declaration of the unity and receives the 17th year, and are also to experience the presidential and local councils elections, the success of performing them fully would define the safe course towards he future and the failure of performance has its harms on the course. He queries whether we can look forward to seriousness and sense of responsibility of the authority and the opposition to avoid Yemen from the impasse of collapse and to put it on the right track in safeguarding of the unity, security and development.
He says undertaking of these duties with central responsibility by the authority and the opposition is summarized by: the authority should not interfere in breaking the will of the electors and the opposition must keep away from courtesy, fear and hesitation and to stand for election bravely. We warn both of them against participating in a deal that could frustrate the will of the people.
The presidential and local elections are not the need of the distance. There are very important files the authority and the opposition have to face courageously and with sense of responsibility if they are serious and faithful in reforming the Yemeni house;
1-reformation of the political system constitutionally in a manner preventing monopoly of authority and its concentration in the hands of one person or one body,
2- rehabilitation of the unity that was injured by the war of 1994,
3- liquidation of consequences of political conflicts,
4- comprehensive economic, administrative and financial reform ending centers of corruption,
5-reformation of judiciary and respect of its independence and sovereignty of the constitution and the law in the political, general and private life,
6-keeping the military and security institutions away from governance and commitment to their clear constitutional tasks,
7-enhancement of the civil society organizations in the way consolidating the civilian characteristics of the regime.
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