Press Review [Archives:2003/05/Press Review]

Al-Jamaheer Weekly, organ of the Arab Baath Socialist party, 26 Jan.2003.
Main Headlines:
-Half million Yemenis stage demonstration in Sana’a in solidarity with Iraq
-Yemen youth union constituent conference held in Sana’a
-American diplomatic representation in Kuwait reduced
-America refuses the release of Yemeni students
-Amran cement Factory pollutes environment, Hundreds of Amran citizen catch diseases
-A woman killed by a relative in Shara’ab
Editor in chief says mass organizations are one of essential pillars of any democratic process. Mass organization contributions to the national action in recent past were reasons behind achieving several political successes scored by our people and wringing out national independence &sovereignty. Interconnection of these organizations to national political action made them to a large extent adhered to the political forces orientations. Thus they have changed into facades of political parties, whereas professional demand have been pushed away. The step taken by the General union of Yemeni Youth is a pioneering one as it has come as a product of coordination and dialogue of the political forces. This makes it an example of a pioneering popular action for other mass organizations. The national interest necessitates re-evaluation of these organizations and setting up mechanisms to unity what is existing according to new goals. The aim is to render these mass organizations as support for the political forces in consolidation of democracy and unity and cohesion of internal front, in addition to realizing future development and political objectives.
Al- Wahdawi weekly, organ of the Nasserite Unionist organization, 28 Jan. 2003.
Main Headlines:
-Jahm tribes given ultimatum to hand over Sayani and his Kidnappers
-Nasserite Organization calls for dialogue to guarantee fair elections
-Popular wrath against Washington’s terror
-Saudi Arabia deports 59 thousand Yemenis from its territories, installs monitoring cameras on borders
-U.S. enemy continues its military build-up for aggression on Iraq
-Elections committee prosecutes JMP’S newspapers
Columnist Mohammed Shamsan says the U.S. has already unmasked its ugly face and disclosed its sinister intentions towards the Arab and Islamic nations. It has become obvious that the friendship it has claimed is in fact mere and illusion and just a scenario the U.S. uses for pursuing its misleading policy. In reality it is a policy based on savagery and serves only Zionism and stooges. In the past the U.S. dictated on us a project of “peace” with Israel and those deceived by U.S. friendship were at the forefront of those running towards the mirage of the U.S. peace plan. Then it called for normalization with the Zionist entity, and those same ones hurrying towards American projects have hastened to implement normalization. Nowadays the U.S. calls for fighting terror but without giving specific definition and meaning of terror. I hope all would realize the actual intentions of the U.S. project, which is hostile to the Arab nation and her issues.
 
 
 
ATTARIQ weekly, 28 Jan. 2003. 
Main Headlines:
-Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis demonstrate in Sana’a
-Sheik al-Ahmar: Arab leaders have to reconsider their calculations, discard disputes
-Dr al-Eryani rejects calls for war by U.S.& British administrations
-Seven people die in Shabwa of qat poisons
-Killer of her husband in Habeel Jabr to be sentenced soon
-Mass graveryard of Jews discovered in Ahwar
-An attempt to lease Hajeef oil installation
-Nineteen Yemeni doctors &engineers in Poland threatened of dismissal.
Columnist Khalid Ali Tuaiman says in their political solidarity and economic integration, the Arabs have depended on slogans and fake placards, whereas other nations adopted in their political and economic groupings the policy of gradual integration through full comprehension of reality. They usually depend on political and economic examples, which created a broad network of interests and benefits with an integration way dependent on investing economic resources and potentials of peoples within of a framework of homogenous political relations.
It seems that the difference is very great between our fragmented reality and others. The Arab mentality is still in a coma and wrapped inside a cocoon made by Arab ruling regimes.
Al-Balagh weekly, 28 Jan. 2003. 
Main Headlines:
-23 political, media figures on an underground cell’s hit list
-Special Court to Judge influential personalities hampering investment projects
-Nasserite Organization freezes membership of its former assistant secretary-general
-Ten persons from Imam al-Hadi in Sa’da mosque arrested
-18 Israeli experts arrive in Asmara, Eritrea
-Closing down offices of some civil organizations, possibility
-70 days to finish Yemeni- Saudi border demarcation work
The newspaper editorial mentions that amidst the current circumstances and the big crises the region is experiencing with the increasing American military build-up, to lead the world into a whirlwind of security and economic crises, our political institutions have to consider and specify our position in relation of what is going on in the region and its reflections on the internal situation.
All these events in the region come to coincide with our country’s preparations for electoral battle. If we enter the election campaign extemporaneously and without rationalizing publicity campaigns, would certainly increase the negative impact on results of what the region is passing through. Our country would be the most to be harmed by this crisis. All political forces should join efforts to surmount the crisis with least losses.
Al-Wahda weekly, 29 Jan. 2003. 
Main Headlines:
-The president’s call for new Arab order, supported
-Measures to ensure price stability
-GBC scores non- sweeping majority, opposition present
-Political parties fail to allocate constituencies for women
-Yemen did not receive a list of those wanted by America
Columnist Yahya Tahir al- Hakim says in an article the coming parliamentary elections are the third in unified Yemen. They have to be characterized by new and distinguished traits regarding broad participation of voters and proper choice of representatives able to offer what is useful to citizens to deliver them from deteriorated economic situation and to reform political economic and social conditions. Their elections must be different in terms of nomination and electoral campaigning processes in line with letter and spirit of elections and referendum law there must be no allowance of and breach of the law. With this test credibility and fairness of the upcoming elections would be ascertained. Or otherwise they would prove their weakness by partiality and silence towards any excesses concerning the law. The whole matter is to be measured with a yardstick of actual exercise on the ground rather than flowery words of statements to mass media.
April 2003 elections must differentiated by honesty, transparency and freedom of mans participation in selection and then recognition of their results. The coming round of elections has to produce a parliament armed with power and competence to take difficult decisions by practicing its constitutional authorities. The new parliament has to put the country’s interests and peoples woes above any other consideration. It must be capable of rejecting all attempts for chaining it by those of narrow interests, who do not perceive possibility of coexistence with sovereignty of law and order. Such elements intend to malfunction the constitutional institutions to serve aims of their interests alone. Their interests would thrive only under chaos and absence of laws and regulations because they are in essence illegitimate interests.
Al- Shoura weekly, organ of Union of Yemen people’s forces, 26 Jan. 2003.
Main Headlines:
-“Al-Shoura” before court again
-A YSP leader prevented from entering Lahj and Aden
-Savage torture of Sami Sharjabi at Taiz criminal Investigations Department
-24 detainees on charges of terrorism, released
-Dr Ahmed al- Daghshi still arrested
-Arab alliance on modernize human rights document, established
Columnist Hizam al-Mahbashi says it is regrettable that in the state of Yemen, supposed to be following the course of construction and democracy, the various situations and those of its people are running from bad to worse. A number of its economic sectors are completely at half and rate of unemployment is in progressing rise. There is no longer what is called government plan concerning job opportunities. The low level of income is still the main cause of continual shakings resulting from inflation and rise of prices. Services are in continued deterioration despite their high prices because of government reform program. These services included power, water, telephone, education, health and others. This situation means that all-Yemeni people, forces and personalities are called for a serious work to speedily tackle them. The priority should be the practical communication with the masses, making them aware of aspects of failure to make an effective public opinion and mass orientation to use the upcoming parliamentary election a threshold to radical reform of all the country’s situations. Backward situation should be uprooted and replaced by sound ones. The beginning should be in building foundations of a state of law and institution based on strategic and practical foundations to address all causes of defect and failure.
We extend our hands to all opposition personalities and political parties to set up a national front grouping all opposition parties to form a general orientation.
Al- Thawri weekly, organ of YSP, 30 Jan.2003.
Main Headlines:
-Political security Organization re-interrogates suspects in Jarallah Omar assassination
-Large quantities of weapons discovered in possession of extremists linked to Omar’s assassination
-GPC organization in Abyan refuses application for woman nomination to elections
Columnist Abda Farie Nouman says that political parties and organizations formed for national and humanitarian objective aimed at serving majority of the people. They are to serve security and man dignity and prosperous life. Their role is to mobilize people for creation of national, political and social awareness that would develop sound identity of powerful society to machinations. Such political organization would represent only qualitative and live examples of cooperation and integration in various issues of the country and people. Different views of political parties, as well as their various stands, should be for the higher national interest. Those differences must in no way change to reasons for exchange of accusations. It is believed that the political parties in our country are in need of appraising themselves and renew their internal structure in a way compatible with developments of partisan activities of this time and all horizons of the higher national interest.
 

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