YSP reviews Omar’s ase developments [Archives:2003/640/Local News]

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June 9 2003

Mohammed bin Sallam
A meeting was held Saturday at the Yemeni Socialist Party, YSP, headquarters attended by political parties leaders and national, political, intellectual and social personalities.
The meeting studied the latest developments concerning assassination of the YSP Assistant Secretary General, Jarallah Omar.
The final verdict which scheduled to be decided mid this month.
The meeting set up a 25-member committee to follow up Omar's case.
The committee composes of:
Dr. Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh, Dr. Mohammed Ali al-Saqqaf, Mr. Ahmed al-Wada'ee, Mohammed Naji Allow, Mr. Mohammed Qahtan, Mr. Sultan al-Atwani, Mr. Abdulghani Abdulqader, Mr. Zain al-Saqqaf, Mr. Hatem Abu Hatem, Mr. Abdulkareem al-Khewani, Mr. Rashad Salem, and Dr. Mohammed Abdulmajeed al-Qubati.
Participants in the meeting had also issued a detailed statement on the incident and dispatched a message to the parliament requesting formation of fact-finding committee on the Omar's killing.
The YSP general secretariat had on Wednesday issued a statement holding the government responsible for turning a blind eye on investigating a plot for the murder.
The party had also held the state responsible for continued terrorist acts and assassinations.
The statement also said that the killing of Jarallah Omar could be ascribed to loose security measures, claiming to be leading spread of terror and killing excepted to include other opposition and the society in general.
The statement had also mentioned that hiding results of investigation and information ahead of the assassination, and excluding the YSP as a party during investigation represented continuation of assassination plots, because of disclosure of such plots to security bodies didn't prevent the killer Ali Assawani from committing his crime.
The statement reiterated that concealing information regarding those who plan, finance and direct terrorists and assassination acts would enable them to continue perpetrating their crimes even in broad daylight.
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