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Gov. Appointed in al-Jawf

Filed under: Local gov, Reform, Yemen — by Jane Novak at 8:45 am on Sunday, June 22, 2008

Thats absolutely pathetic.

In the recent governors’ “elections”, the local councils voted for Saleh’s choice, except in al-Jawf, where an independent was elected. So al-Jawf’s election was overturned, and Saleh did overtly what he did covertly in all the other governorates, appointed a governor.

al-Motamar

Presidential decree on appointing a province governor
Wednesday, 18-June-2008
Almotamar.net - A presidential decree was issued Wednesday on appointing a governor for the province of Aljawf after it has been unfeasible to elect one.
The decree mentioned that in response to presentation of the Minister of Local Administration regarding the reasons that led to unfeasibility of electing a governor to Aljawf province and after approval of the cabinet it has been decided to appoint Mr Naji Saleh naji Thawaba as governor to Aljawf province.

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