Opposition journalist runs for presidential elections [Archives:2006/929/Front Page]
By:Yemen Times Staff
SANA'A, March 13 ) Journalist and writer Rasheeda Al-Qaily last Monday nominated herself as a new woman candidate for the upcoming Yemeni presidential elections. She is offering herself as a Yemeni woman intellectual concerned about woes of her people and shares with them pains of their suffering and as a hope for realization of their aspirations, the statement of her nomination mentioned last Friday.
“Out of my faith I my national duty as a Yemeni intellectual I declare myself candidate for the president post in the coming presidential elections.”
In her nomination statement Ms Al-Qaily said she was proceeding from the following:
1- In participation in rescuing the course of the republican system, which has become threatened by whims of despotism caused by the ruling family that is handling Yemen's riches I an absolute way, that situation that rendered Yemen as a republic in the outward form and monarchic in essence. He ruling authority is heading forward on the course of bequeathing governance at all possible levels.
2- In contribution to salvage the course of the unity that united all the people of Yemen. However the ruing despotism changed it into a destruction instrument aimed at any existing entity by following the policy of divide and rule and running the country through crises, until fragmentation has reached the souls and feelings. The voices calling for secessionism, sectarianism and regionalism have almost reached the degree of explosion.
3- In contribution to saving the track of democracy whose margin is narrowing and the ruling authority has begun giving its blessing national certificate to whomever extols it and turns blind eye on its mismanagement or to whomever keeps silent against wrongs and prefers personal safety to the safety of the homeland.
The nominee Ms Al-Qaily has therefore called on all the good and the free persons in the country to join forces to rectify the situation.
She called them to give her their votes so that to carry the nation's woes to the positions of decision-making. Ms Al-Qaily said she finds herself committed to look for the sincere expression of the homeland's ideology and culture and the people. She said she is quite certain that the Yemeni people have comprehended the lessons of the past and their bitter experiments would prevent them from repeating them, especially that those whom they experienced have proved their corrupt. Ms Al-Qaily has also expressed her confidence that the people will not accept anymore to say oppressed under tyranny and they who had the pioneering role in Islam will not hesitate from supporting a woman who works for their dignity, as their ancestors had done with their Queen Biqis.
There have been two Yemeni women nominated themselves run for the Yemeni coming presidential elections before Ms Al-Qaily, namely, Sumayah Ali Raja and Thikra Ahmed Ali.
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