Al-Mithaq [Archives:2006/930/Press Review]
12 Mar 2006
Main headlines
– New oil investments
– The parliament completes formation of permanent committees, prospects of change
– Large-scale denunciation of the JMP stance towards the youth graduates
– FAO regional conference holds meetings in Sana'a
– Mechanism approved for selecting participants in the voters registration operation
– Challenges facing the nation and reform of the Arab League before Khartoum Summit
Writer Hassan Ahmed al-Lawzi discusses in his article the reality of political pluralism and the opposition. He says the accomplishment of the Yemeni unity was a civilized important transfer in the course of the Yemeni revolution. The unity was founded fortified with democracy, commitment to political pluralism and principle of peaceful transfer of power. We can confirm that since that date our people have been in possession of the reins of their unified national will and possessed all constituents of free and independent existence. The elapsed fifteen years have witnessed the entering into the genuine practice of democracy and pluralist political competition by resorting to balloting boxes. Many political parties and organizations have managed therefore to establish for themselves clear entities on the map of life within interactions of the society's movement.
The clearest yardstick to deter estimates can be obtained by reading results of the general elections in their previous rounds; the legislative elections and those of local councils. The brothers grouped in the Joint Meeting parties and the other parties should have pondered lessons and indications of those election rounds with the aim of benefiting from them in estimating their status and capability and for reconsidering their experiment and rectifying their conditions practices. That will benefit them to be capable of improving the practice of their role and improve he results that they aspire for in the future.
On the other hand, the press law also is not subjected to desire of this party or that in order to be in harmony with democracy and freedom of expression. The one that possesses the right of confirming that is the legislative power. The editorial maintains that there is no harm to submit the draft of the press law to objective discussion to enrich its articles. Nevertheless the two issues are not the main problems on which all activities of opposition are based.
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