Al-Turabi Visits Yemen [Archives:2000/52/Local News]

Yemen Times has learnt from special sources that the fundamentalist wing of the Yemen Congregation for Reform ( Islah) under leadership of Sheikh Abdul Majeed Al-Zandani is making these days its preparations and arrangements for an imminent visit to Yemen by Dr Hassan Al-Turabi, speaker of the Sudanese dissolved parliament, the secretary general of the ruling National Party. Sources close to Al- Islah party say that Al-Turabi would meet his friend Al-Zandani in an Arab Gulf State to inform him on the visit program.
The same source has described Al-Turabi visit to Yemen as representing an element of embarrassment to the tribal wing in the party under leadership of Sheikh Abdulla Ben Hussein Al-Ahmer, speaker of the parliament and president Ali Abdulla Saleh, both of whom had expressed their support for the measures taken by the Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir on December 12. President Al-Bashir had ousted Al-Turabi from his post, dissolve the parliament, suspended the constitution and declared the state of emergency in Sudan.
The source has also said that during his stay in Yemen, Al-Turabi is to meet the President and the parliament speaker to explain his party’s point of view versus president Al-Bashir’s measures. Al- Turabi’s expected visit is scheduled to include visiting the Yemeni cities of Aden, Hajja, Saada and other areas.

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