Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi indicates willingness to share power
Yemen’s president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has
expressed readiness to accept demands for constitutional change and
powersharing with Houthi rebels who took up positions outside his home
after defeating his guards in two days of battle.
Gulf
neighbours denounced what they described as a coup in Yemen, although
both the Houthis and some of the president’s allies denied he had been
overthrown. A source close to the president said Hadi had met an
official of the Shia Muslim rebel group, and denied the president was
under house arrest inside the residence, surrounded since early morning
by Houthi fighters.
Hadi said the Shia Muslim group had a right to be
appointed to posts in all state institutions, and a draft constitution
that has been a source of disagreement between him and the Houthis was
open to amendment.
He said the Houthis agreed to
withdraw fighters from areas overlooking his palace, his home and the
official residence of the prime minister, and had promised to free his
chief of staff, whom they have held captive. – (Reuters)
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