YPWatch, June 9 – The Parliament reopened today its sessions of the second period of the ninth annual period. In the session that did not reach the legal quorum, the MP Abdullah Al-Maqtari asked the Ministers of Interior and foreign Affairs to come to the Parliament to clarify what published by one of the local newspapers that many Yemeni personal figures receive money via what is called the Special Committee, wondering in the question about the attitude of the government towards what published in accordance to its legal responsibility.

Moreover, Al-Maqtari asked the Minister of Defense and Interior to provide the Parliament with the circumstances of AL-Sab’een incident resulted in hundreds of casualties from the Central Police Forces in a suicide bombing during a parade rehearsal in Al-Sab’een Square in Sana’a city. Furthermore, he demanded to reveal the investigations results of the incident, and the measures taken for the families of causalities.

On the same context, the Parliament announced a donation with YR10 millions for the martyrs families for the wounded soldiers of Al-Sab’een Sqaure incident, and the IDPS of Hajjah, Abyan and Sa’adah.

On another context,  the independent MP Abdulhameed Huraiz asked for withdrawing confidence from the National Consensus Approval Government for its failure in arresting the assailants of electricity powers, oil pipes, as well as its failure in accomplishing the GCC initiative.

“The government is insisting on starving people by continuing in raising diesel price.. we want the government to sell us the gas with the same price given to Koreans,: Huraiz said.

On the other side, MP Mohammed Al-Hazmi asked a question to the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the measures adopted by the Ministry regarding, “the administrative and Financial corruption represented in plundering USD$ 6 million, ignoring the legal hiring standards applied in the diplomatic sector, as well as the thousands of dollars spent on purchasing watches, incense, rings for some embassies, and imposing what is called additional income in some consulates and embassies which is a legal violation, according to the constitutional article No. 13, and not transferring this money to the state treasury.”

Moreover, the Parliament ratified the meeting of the presidency board with the chairmen of permanent committees, and heads of Parliamentary blocks which will be held tomorrow evening to mull the Parliament’s agenda for this period …