Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Credit: Global Look Press
Saudi Arabia has forced Yemeni President Abd Rabbah Mansour Hadi to step down and hand them over to the presidential board. The president is now under house arrest, the Wall Street Journal said, referring to Saudi and Yemeni government officials.
during the transition period the presidential board of leadership, which included eight prominent politicians. The creation of the council was announced on the basis of the results of the intra-Yemen consultations in Riyadh, whose participants called on the new institution of power to enter into negotiations with the Hussi.
According to the American edition, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud delivered a “written decree” to the Yemeni president, which explained the conditions of his transfer of powers to the council. Mohammed told the head of Yemen that the other participants in the consultations had agreed on the need for his resignation, the newspaper wrote, referring to interviews with government officials.
In an effort to persuade Hadadi to relinquish power, the Saudi authorities threatened him with publications about the evidence of his corrupt activities. A Yemeni ex-president is now under house arrest at his Riyadh residence without access to communications, a Saudi official told the daily. Another Saudi official said in an interview that some Yemeni politicians had been allowed to visit Hadi. negotiations.
At the same time, a representative of the new Yemeni Presidential Council stated that Hadi does not remain under house arrest. However, former spokesman Hadi Mukhtar al-Rahbi noted that the president's removal from power violated the country's constitutional provisions.
negotiations to end the bitter seven-year war in accordance with the Constitution and the Gulf Initiative. and its executive mechanism, “Hadi told Riyadh State Television.
At the same time, Riyadh announced $ 3 billion in financial assistance to a government backed by Saudi Arabia, following an announcement by President Hadi.
The Yemeni warriors agreed to a two-month ceasefire, which began on Saturday for the first time since 2016. The agreement eased the coalition blockade of Houthi-controlled areas, which overthrew Hadi's government from the capital Sana'a in late 2014. Snakes took the helm of Yemen ten years ago as part of a Gulf-supported crossing plan following protests that overthrew and later assassinated President Ali Abdullah Saleh.