Almotamar.net - Director General of International Observation at the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) in Yemen Ahmed al-Hakimi said his office received on Monday three requests from international observers so that their number amounted to 22 international observers for watching the phase of revising and correcting voter tables 2008 while local observers ' requests reached at around 19 thousands.
In a statement to almotamar.net the SCER official clarified that the foreign observers represent the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES).
On the other hand the head of civil society organisations sector , member of the SCER Mohammed al-Saqqaf Balghaith told almotamar.net on Sunday the number of local civil organist ions requested to observe revising and amending voter tables amounted to 22 organisations offering 19 thousand observers.
On the other hand member of the SCER, the head of external relations Dr Jafar Basaleh presented to the official in charge of wise governance at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sana'a an invitation for the UNDP to take part in the observation and overseeing the progress of electoral process for he two stages of revising and amending voter tables 2008 and that of the parliamentary elections in 2009.
In his meeting with the UN official on Monday Dr Basaleh discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation especially concerning the international electoral project of assistance and support for the Yemeni parliamentary elections in 2009.
He also talked about preparations going on by the SCER for carrying out the process of revising and amending voter tables in prelude to holding these elections.
The SCER had on 8 of this month called on the political parties and organisations, civil society organisations concerned with democracy and international organisations working in Yemen to send their requests to the sector of civil society organisations sector at the SCER in a period of time not exceeding two weeks.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
22 international observers to oversee revision of voter tables
