Ammedments Ignored, Prisoners Remain in Jail
Negotiations, epic fail.
Yemen’s opposition accuses ruling party of seeking to forge up-coming elections
al-Sahwa- Yemen’s opposition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has held the ruling party, the General People Congress, responsible for any dire consequences resulted in by its refusal of approving a new election law.GPC had ruled out on Monday a draft of amendments to the election law which have been prepared for the past year in effort to bring more women into parliament, curb vote-rigging, limit the influence of government officials and confining the registration of electors to their place of birth or residence while rejecting the place of work.
JMP said, in a statement released on Tuesday, that the ruling party’s parliamentary bloc carried out a coup against democracy since it refused voting on a draft of election law amendments.
Yemen’s main opposition parties also accused the ruling party of breaking its pledges ; releasing the political prisoners, and illegally forming an election commission in separation, considering such measures evidence of preplanning to counterfeit the up-coming parliamentary elections, due to take place in April 2009.
JMP further affirmed that refusal of the election law amendments undermine a principle of political multiparty, escalate tensions and result in serious consequences.
“GPC is seeking to hold forged elections in which public money is exploited” it added, pointing out that such elections would much deepen widespread unemployment, impoverishment and corruption.
On the other hand, the ruling party described the recent measure as constitutional, indicating that the opposition failed to name its nominees for the election commission.
