Annas [Archives:2004/767/Press Review]
23 August 2004
Main headlines
– Violent engagement between Islah and the GPC at President Saleh Mosque
– Girls capture top grades in results of secondary school stage examinations
– Mediation efforts fail with Razimi, violent confrontations expected at outskirts of Sa'ada
– Al-Houthi protects himself in Sulaimaniya
– Classified reports discloses government involvement in selling the country's oil
– Youth Center in Taiz organizes a training course on administration and how to attract funding
– Al-Aman Society for the Blind Women Care holds two training courses for teachers of the blind
On the election of governors and heads of districts administrations, writer Shaker Ahmed says in an article the elections of those governors was and is still popular demand before it has been a demand by jurists and politicians who considered it a kind of paradox to grant the citizen the right to elect the president of the republic while depriving him of electing the governor of a governorate or head of the district administration. Last week the president of the republic had promised the achievement of that demand. Despite of the many remarks submitted by some on the local authority experiment after three years of its application, others find benefiting from the president's speech as something possible especially in pressing towards it through the various media tools.
Deputy head of the Thought, Culture and Information Office at the General People's Congress Abdul Hafeedh al-Nahari confirms that as long as the experiment of the local authority has been a response to requirements of development and administration and a means for running affairs of the citizens, the political leadership has been at the forefront of those aware of its importance and dealing with it. Mr al-Nahari considers the president's speech on the experiment as an embodiment of credibility of the orientation and a care for the experiment and placing it at top of the political agenda.
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