Yemeni protesters voice anger at new government policies
Islam Times - Yemeni demonstrators have taken to the streets in the capital Sana’a to express displeasure with policies of the new government toward major demands of the people.
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Participants in the rally insisted on the imperative of bringing to trial those responsible for the killing of people during the popular uprising against the regime of the former Yemeni dictator that began in late January 2011.
Saleh formally stepped down and handed power over to the then-vice president Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on February 27. The power transfer was under a Saudi-backed deal brokered by the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council in April last year and signed by Saleh in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on November 23, 2011.
Hadi, who is a UK-trained field marshal, was sworn in as the country’s new president on February 25 following a single-candidate presidential election on February 21 that was backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia. He will serve for an interim two-year period as stipulated by the power transfer deal.
Yemeni demonstrators in Sana’a also criticized the new government for not taking due measures in response to persisting US assassination drone strikes in the country.
According to Yemeni security officials, US assassination drone strikes killed at least 64 people in the southern provinces of Abyan and Bayda within the period of March 9 to 11.
“The US and Saudi intervention has been the main reason in delaying the success of the revolution. We call on the US to stop its intervention. We can handle our political matters ourselves and we will soon meet all our demands,” said one of the demonstrators in Sana’a on Wednesday.
Yemeni protesters have repeatedly expressed their determination to continue demonstrating until all the demands of their popular revolution are met.
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