2 deputies premier, 7 ministers resign in Yemen

SANA'A, Dec. 28 (Saba) - Two
deputies prime minister and seven ministers have resigned because they want to run
in the upcoming
parliamentary elections planned for April 27. They did not attend the weekly meeting
of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The ministers were Awadh al Socotri of
Electricity
and Energy, Yahya al Shuaibi of Civil Service and Insurance, Ahmed al Kuhlani,
Minister of State for Parliament and Shura Affairs, Nabil al Faqih of Tourism,
Mansour al Hawshabi
of Agriculture and Irrigation and Hamoud Ubad of Youth and Sports and the deputies
were Rashad al Alimi and Sadiq Abu Ras. The resignations come according to the
article
60 of election law that calls for senior officials who seek to run in elections to
step down before candidacy. FR