Al-Alimi Affirms Commitment to Political Partnership, National Consensus to End Houthi Coup

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
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Al-Alimi Affirms Commitment to Political Partnership, National Consensus to End Houthi Coup

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)
The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi (Saba News Agency)

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, confirmed on Wednesday his commitment to partnership and national consensus during the transitional phase until the Houthi-waged coup is stopped.

Moreover, al-Alimi vowed a strong collective response in the face of the Houthi attacks against liberated regions and governorates in Yemen.

Al-Alimi's statements were made in a recorded speech viewed by a general meeting of the Consultation and Reconciliation Commission in Yemen’s interim capital, Aden.

The Commission concluded the recent meeting by approving three documents related to work regulations, the general framework of the political vision for the comprehensive peace process, and the principles of reconciliation between legitimate political forces and parties.

“The constitutional oath and the pledge made by the members of the PLC to our people in the north and south to proceed based on partnership and national consensus remains firm, and we will not deviate from it, whatever the challenges,” said al-Alimi.

“Today, we confirm our growing confidence in the strength of our strategic alliance and its agreement around its common goals for the transitional period,” he added.

Headed by al-Alimi, the PLC consists of eight people representing all Yemeni parties and political forces opposed to the Houthi coup.

Al-Alimi expressed his gratitude to the presidency and members of the Commission for their support of the PLC.

The chairman recalled how the Commission has long backed PLC and ensured it remained interactive and united around common goals and achieving consensus during the remainder of the transitional period.

Al-Alimi hoped that the Commission's meetings would represent an essential shift in the course of the broad national coalition against Houthi militias who are implementing a destructive Iranian project in Yemen.

He also promised to uphold “freedom, difference, and participation” principles as genuine constitutional foundations and saluted all those confronting the Houthi project in all Yemeni provinces.



Palestinian President Names Interim Successor If He Has to Leave Post

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Palestinian President Names Interim Successor If He Has to Leave Post

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a temporary successor who would take over from him should he die or leave his post, addressing concerns of a possible power vacuum following his departure.
In a statement released late on Wednesday, Abbas said the chairman of the Palestinian National Council should serve as interim president for no more than 90 days, during which presidential elections should be held.
The current chairman of the Palestinians' top decision-making body is Rawhi Fattouh, 75, who also served briefly as a stop-gap leader following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004.
Abbas, 89, has been Palestinian president since 2005 and has had regular health problems in recent years, prompting repeated speculation on who might replace him when he finally stands aside.
He does not have a deputy and a source told Reuters earlier this month that Saudi Arabia had pressed him to appoint one.
Wednesday's announcement clears up uncertainty over what should happen when he dies, but Fattouh was not named as his deputy, meaning there was still no visibility on who might replace Abbas in the long term.
Israel's Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, a member of the inner security cabinet, told a group of foreign reporters this week that the Israeli army would take over the West Bank if someone from the militant group Hamas tried to become president.
Abbas was elected to a four-year term in 2005, but no presidential ballot has been held since.