Almotamar.net - The Yemeni parliament decided Tuesday to resume next Saturday its discussion of the report of the joint parliamentary committee composed of members of both freedoms and constitutional committee in case the parliamentary blocs of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) continued their boycotting of the parliament meetings.
Speaker of the parliament Yahya al-Raei said Tuesday if the opposition members of parliament would be present it is possible to suspend deliberation on amendments of the lections law until leaderships of the political parties reach a solution o the problem.
It is to be pointed out that blocs of the JMP are boycotting the parliament sittings for the third week running in protest to the parliament presidency enlisting of the amendment on its agenda a draft providing for formation of the supreme commission for elections from judges. At the beginning of last week's discussions the parliament speaker tried to calm down the matter by returning the report on the amendments to the joint committee to add his suggestion of adding an article allowing for parties' accord on forming the elections commission on basis of the number of seats in the parliament or the votes gained by each of the blocs in the parliamentary elections of the year 2003.
On the other hand the MPs listened to a report by the joint committee from services and development and oil on an agreement of financing a project of main crossroads in the city of Sana'a , the third phase , concluded between Yemen and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social development of a cost of three million dollars. The project whose total cost is $ 33.5 million aims to improve main roads network and solving traffic congestions in the capital Sana'a.
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