ADEN, Dec 19 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s internationally-recognised President, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ordered the formation of a new power-sharing government.
According to a presidential decree, Hadi chose former Prime Minister, Maeen Abdulmalik, to lead the new power-sharing government, formed equally between the country’s northern and southern provinces.
The new power-sharing cabinet was declared, in accordance with a peace deal, signed between the country’s government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) last year, in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.
Hadi appointed General Mohammed Al Maqdashi, as the Minister of Defence, of the new power-sharing government, that included a total of 24 ministers.
Well-known politician, Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak, was appointed as Yemen’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Major General Ibrahim Haydan was chosen, for the first time, to be Minister of Interior in the government-controlled provinces, according to Hadi’s decree.
Five ministers affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council were included in the formation of the new government.
The agency indicated that the formation of the new government came, after completing military and security provisions of the Riyadh deal, including the mutual withdrawals of warring troops in the country’s southern part.
Local military officials said, “The process of redeployment of warring troops was completed successfully, under the auspices of observers of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition.”
In 2019, Saudi Arabia persuaded the STC and the Yemeni government to hold reconciliation talks, which succeeded in reaching a deal to form a new technocratic cabinet of no more than 24 ministers.
But numerous obstacles stood in the way of implementing the deal, which excluded the Houthi rebels, who are still controlling the capital Sanaa and other northern provinces of the war-torn country.– NNN-SABA
