Al-Wahdawi [Archives:2008/1140/Press Review]
Tuesday, March 18
Top stories
– Ja'ashin Sheikh's followers threaten to burn bereaved women of displaced citizens
– Police raid internet cafes, prevent them to remain open after midnight
– Media and human rights activists visit a little girl who was subjected to rape in Amran
– NUPO General Secretariat discuss press violations
– Al-Wahdawi editor to appear before Press Prosecution for being sued by influential official in Hodeida
– Yemeni citizens protest against regular blackouts in many governorates
– Parliament questions Interior Minister over rampant corruption and poor performance in security agencies
Interior Minister Rashad Al-Alimi is due to appear before Parliament on Wednesday to be questioned about spread of corruption and poor performance in different security agencies affiliated with his Ministry, the weekly reported, adding that Parliament members want to interrogate the official over the repeated incidents of citizen kidnapping in the various governorate. Al-Alimi was summoned by Parliament for questioning over the repeated incidents of citizen kidnapping amid absence and ineffective role of relevant security authorities, which, according to MPs, are not committed to applying the concerned security laws. Parliament also put part of the blame on the poor performance of judicial bodies.
According to the weekly, many MPs from opposition caucuses and independents called for selecting a new parliamentary committee to be concerned with defense and security issues after the standing committee failed to play its required role and dropped responsibility in dealing with such critical issues that seem to threaten social peace and stability.
The NUPO mouthpiece went on to say that many MPs lashed out at the interior minister for not responding to previous Parliament's summoning amid the worsening phenomenon of kidnapping, coupled with poor performance by the relevant security agencies. Parliament's last week meetings discussed several heated issues, mainly price hikes of basic foodstuffs, child trafficking, poor security performance and repeated incidents of citizen kidnapping.
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