While announcing that it will nominates 5 female candidates:YSP demands serious investigation into Jarallah’s assassination [Archives:2003/627/Local News]

Yemen Times Staff
The Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) demanded the government last Friday to conduct a serious, thorough and transparent investigation into the case of the assassination of its Assistant Secretary General, Jarallah Omar last December. The YSP said that the investigation should disclose the compliance of the assassin and that those who would be proved involved in the crime should be tried and punished severely.
In a statement issued at the end of its fifth round of the central committee, the YSP called to end the impacts of the 1994 civil war and that the national rally which Saleh called for be achieved through national reconciliation, confrontation of violence and improving the deteriorating living conditions of the people. The YSP welcomed Saleh's call for elections and emphasized that it would continue working with other opposition parties in their coalition.
The Yemen Times also learned from reliable sources that the party agreed to take part in the next parliamentary elections and that it would participate in around 60 constituencies out of 301. Among the candidates, the YSP revealed that it will have five females. This comes in a time the party suffers financial problems as the government continues to insist on not releasing its property since the 1994 civil war. The YSP female candidates are Shafiqah Murshed and Wahibah Sabrah who will run for the elections in Sana'a, Radhiyah Shamsheer and Khawlah Sharaf in Aden, and Salma al-Katheri, who will run in Hadramaut.
The government and the opposition reached last week an agreement in which they pledged to adhere to a fair, honest , free, and non-violent elections. It is expected that the political parties will debate the agreement and approve it soon.
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