Presidency of STC praises decision to appoint governor of Shabwa, and confirms Council’s support and assistance for him to carry out his duties
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The Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) held a meeting on Monday, headed by Major General Ahmed Saeed bin Brik, Acting President of the Council, Chairman of the National Assembly.
In its meeting, the Presidency discussed a number of topics on its agenda, most notably the reports of the Decision-Making Support Center and the Diplomatic Advisory Team at the General Directorate of Foreign Affairs, related to monitoring and analyzing the latest developments on the local, regional and international arenas related to the southern issue, affirming its blessing and full support for the governor of Shabwa governorate. Awad bin Mohammed Abdullah Al-Awlaki to carry out his duties, stressing that Shabwa governorate opens a new page with this appointment, to lift the injustice and suffering that was hidden during the rule of the Brotherhood authority, which harnessed its organs and wealth to serve the agendas of the forces of influence and corruption, and depriving its sons of it.
In this regard, the Presidency stressed the importance of the people of the governorate in uniting and supporting Governor Al-Awlaki, and the need to activate the performance of the Shabwani elite to restore security and stability, and to combat terrorism, which it succeeded in eradicating during the previous period.
In the same context, the Presidency stressed the importance of continuing to direct the efforts of the negotiating team to complete the appointment of governors and security directors for the rest of the governorates, and to transfer the Yemeni military forces from the governorates of Shabwa, Hadhramout, and Al-Mahra, to the fighting frontlines against the Houthi militias in the Yemeni governorate of Marib, in implementation of the Riyadh Agreement.
It also stressed the need to achieve full partnership in managing the foreign policy that is monopolized by influential parties in the authority of Yemeni legitimacy, calling for putting on the negotiating table the proposals of the committee charged with addressing the conditions of the southern diplomatic cadres who have been excluded from their work since the war of the summer of 94, which was formed by the decision of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, before authorities of power stopped implementing what the committee proposed to address this problem.
In its meeting, the Presidency stood before of the developments that the University of Aden is witnessing, stressing the Transitional Council’s firm position and refusal to stop the educational process, and at the same time, it renewed its full support for academics to get their legitimate rights, and their demands to combat corruption by any other means without harming the regularity of the educational process.
The meeting dealt with developments in Hadhramout, and in this regard, the Presidency praised the two million people of the governorate in the city of Mukalla in support of the Hadrami uprising, warning against ignoring it, or procrastinating in implementing its demands, and also confirming the Council’s support for the directions of the leadership of the uprising to expand it in the coming days to include stopping the export of oil abroad if the legitimate demands of the people of the governorate are not implemented.
The Presidency also discussed a number of procedural and internal administrative issues, and took the necessary measures in this regard.