Draft Rules Prepared for PLC Work in Yemen

PLC Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi meeting with  Mohammed Al-Ghaithi, Chairman of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, and his deputies Abdul-Malik Al-Mikhlafi, Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Jamila Ali Raja, and Akram Al-Amiri (Saba News Agency)
PLC Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi meeting with Mohammed Al-Ghaithi, Chairman of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, and his deputies Abdul-Malik Al-Mikhlafi, Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Jamila Ali Raja, and Akram Al-Amiri (Saba News Agency)
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Draft Rules Prepared for PLC Work in Yemen

PLC Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi meeting with  Mohammed Al-Ghaithi, Chairman of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, and his deputies Abdul-Malik Al-Mikhlafi, Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Jamila Ali Raja, and Akram Al-Amiri (Saba News Agency)
PLC Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi meeting with Mohammed Al-Ghaithi, Chairman of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, and his deputies Abdul-Malik Al-Mikhlafi, Sakhr Al-Wajeeh, Jamila Ali Raja, and Akram Al-Amiri (Saba News Agency)

The committee tasked with preparing the work rules for Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and its affiliated bodies has completed the preparation of a final draft that it will submit to Rashad Al-Alimi, PLC Chairman, to make final observations before presenting it to parliament for approval.

Ahmed Attia, a member of the legal team, revealed that the rules governing the PLC and its affiliated bodies have been successfully prepared.

Former Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi had issued a presidential decree last April, transferring all his presidential powers to the PLC headed by Al-Alimi.

“Since the announcement of the transfer of power, we in the legal team have worked in the spirit of one team in order to prepare the rules governing the PLC and its affiliated bodies, which are the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission, the Economic Team and the Legal Team,” Attia told Asharq Al-Awsat.

“We have completely finished the draft that establishes a new stage in the history of Yemen, because the system has shifted from the presidential system to a joint PLC system,” added Attia.

“These rules regulate the work of the PLC and the method of procedures to be taken, whether with regard to the issue of voting, budgets, or the PLC’s relationship with other bodies,” he explained.

The new draft rules consist of six chapters and approximately 62 articles, revealed Attia.

“The new draft rules represent the legal reference for the PLC and its bodies, and anything else that does not contradict the Constitution and the applicable law,” noted Attia.

“The transfer of power suspended the part of the constitution regarding the issue of transferring power only, leaving other articles of the constitution intact and effective.”

“We have been keen for the new rules to be based on the statement of the transfer of power in letter and spirit without addition or subtraction,” affirmed Attia.



UN: At Least 542 Killed in North Darfur in Past 3 Weeks

World Food Program (WFP) food assistance is unloaded in Tawila, where people displaced from El Fasher and Zamzam camp have arrived over the past week across four locations, in North Darfur, Sudan April 28, 2025. WFP/Mohamed Galal /Handout via REUTERS
World Food Program (WFP) food assistance is unloaded in Tawila, where people displaced from El Fasher and Zamzam camp have arrived over the past week across four locations, in North Darfur, Sudan April 28, 2025. WFP/Mohamed Galal /Handout via REUTERS
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UN: At Least 542 Killed in North Darfur in Past 3 Weeks

World Food Program (WFP) food assistance is unloaded in Tawila, where people displaced from El Fasher and Zamzam camp have arrived over the past week across four locations, in North Darfur, Sudan April 28, 2025. WFP/Mohamed Galal /Handout via REUTERS
World Food Program (WFP) food assistance is unloaded in Tawila, where people displaced from El Fasher and Zamzam camp have arrived over the past week across four locations, in North Darfur, Sudan April 28, 2025. WFP/Mohamed Galal /Handout via REUTERS

At least 542 civilians have been confirmed killed in Sudan's North Darfur region in the past three weeks, the United Nations said Thursday, warning the actual death toll was likely "much higher.”

"The horror unfolding in Sudan knows no bounds," UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement, referring to the country's ongoing civil war.

Darfur in particular has become a key battleground in the war that erupted on April 15, 2023 between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

The war has left tens of thousands dead and triggered what aid agencies describe as the world's largest displacement and hunger crises.

The battle for El-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur to elude RSF control, has intensified in recent weeks as the paramilitaries have sought to compensate for their loss of the capital Khartoum last month.

According to AFP, Turk pointed to an attack three days ago by the RSF on El-Fasher and the Abu Shouk camp that killed at least 40 civilians.

"This brings the confirmed number of civilians killed in North Darfur to at least 542 in just the last three weeks," he said.

"The actual death toll is likely much higher."

He also cited "the ominous warning by the RSF of 'bloodshed' ahead of imminent battles with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their associated armed movements."

"Everything must be done to protect civilians trapped amid dire conditions in and around El-Fasher."

Turk also highlighted "reports of extrajudicial executions in Khartoum state", which he described as "extremely disturbing".

"Horrific videos circulating on social media show at least 30 men in civilian clothing being rounded up and executed by armed men in RSF uniforms in Al-Salha in southern Omdurman," he said, adding that in a subsequent video, "an RSF field commander acknowledged the killings."

Those videos came after "shocking reports in recent weeks of the extrajudicial execution of dozens of people accused of collaborating with the RSF in southern Khartoum, allegedly committed by the Al-Baraa Brigade", a pro-SAF militia, Turk said.

"Deliberately taking the life of a civilian or anyone no longer directly taking part in hostilities is a war crime," he insisted.

The UN rights chief said he had "personally alerted both leaders of the RSF and SAF to the catastrophic human rights consequences of this war".

"These harrowing consequences are a daily, lived reality for millions of Sudanese. It is well past time for this conflict to stop."