Taiz Follows Suit: A Popular Committee Formed [Archives:2000/36/Local News]

A popular committee has now been formed in Taiz Province under the chairmanship of Dr. Abdullah Al-Dhaifani, a Taiz University professor. The committee includes in its membership a number of politicians and senior opposition party officials in Taiz. Dr. Dhaifani said that the objectives of the committee was to curb corruption and adopting citizens’ complaints.
A similar committee was formed in Aden Province last April. It included in its membership Aden University teachers and leaders of opposition parties. A committee statement then said that the objectives of the committee was to protect the rights of sons of Aden which the statement claimed to have been lost particularly in the fields of general and personal security . The statement added that among the objectives was curbing financial and administrative negligence and corruption. The committee pledged to keep the citizens aware of their rights and duties as stipulated in the Constitution and laws. It is understood that the committee faced strong opposition from the Government; as a result most of its members were detained under the pretext that the committee’s formation was illegal and that most of its members came from opposition parties and should have practiced their activities within their own parties.

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