almotamar.net - Head of the Information Office of the General People�s Congress GPC Tareq al-Shamy confirmed Thursday resignation of nine ministers in the government of Dr Ali Mohammed Mujawar at the legal date in preparation for entering the upcoming legislative elections scheduled on 27 of next April in Yemen in addition to other undersecretaries who tendered their resignations for the same purpose.


Al-Shamy made it clear that the resigned ministers are Dr Rashad al-Alimi , the deputy premier for defence and security affairs , sheikh Sadeq Amin Aburas, deputy premier for internal affairs , Dr Yahya Abdullah al-Shuaibi , minister of the civil service, Abdulrahman al-Akwaa , the minister of state , the mayor of the capital, Ahmed Mohammed al-Kuhlani, state minister for parliament and shura affairs, Dr Mansour Hamad al-Jawshabi , minister of agriculture, Eng. Awadh al-Saqtari, minister of electricity and energy, Hamoud Mohammed Abad, minister of youth and sport and Dr Rashad Ahmed al-Rasas , the minister of legal affairs.


26 September weekly quoted today al-Shamy as saying that resignation of the ministers is an indication to the GPC orientation towards finding an effective legislative power by choosing experienced elements capable of practicing their legislative and monitoring role at the upcoming parliament in addition to the other candidates that the GPC will select to represent it and also selection of woman elements that would be national elements entertaining high popularity among the masses.