The protesters have also called for the sacking of the relatives of Yemen’s ousted ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh and the prosecution of his aides for allegedly playing a role in the killing of nearly 2,000 protesters since last year.
Saleh, who ruled Yemen for 33 years, formally stepped down in February after months of protests under a US-backed power transfer deal in return for immunity.
On February 25, Saleh’s UK-trained field marshal Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi gained control following a single-candidate presidential election backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Hadi will serve for an interim two-year period as stipulated by the power transfer deal which granted Saleh and his closest allies immunity from prosecution.
Saleh’s eldest son Ahmed now commands the elite Republican Guard, his nephew Yehya heads the central security services and another nephew, Tariq, controls the Presidential Guard.
Saleh’s General People’s Congress (GPC) party also has 17 ministers in the new 34-member cabinet.
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