Yemenis want ex-regime aides gone

Demonstrators took to the streets in several cities including the southern city of Taizz on Sunday.

Protesters also demanded the prosecution of Saleh and his aides for their involvement in the killing of peaceful demonstrators during the popular uprising that began in the country in late January 2011.

Saleh formally stepped down and handed power over to his Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on February 27. The power transfer was under a Saudi-backed deal brokered by the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council in April 2011 and signed by Saleh in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on November 23, 2011.

On April 20, similar demonstrations were also held in the capital Sana’a, Ibb, Dalia, Rada’a and Taizz.

The new Yemeni president, who is a UK-trained field marshal, was sworn in on February 25 following a single-candidate presidential election on February 21, which was supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

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