President meets local authority, military leaderships

SANA'A, Dece. 04 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on
Thursday with leaderships of local authority and of military and
security in Aden, Abyan, Lahj and Dhale'a governorates.

He discussed with them a number of issues concern citizens in theses
governorates and employing additional financial allocations there in
strategic projects, means of developing local resources and carrying
out development plans quickly according to electoral program of the
president.

The president discussed with them activating role of local councils
especially after expanding their periled by parliament, in addition
to mechanisms of coordination between local authority and security
apparatus for arresting elements disturbing peace and stability and
hampering development process and issues regarding investment and
providing facilitations and easing measures before investors.

The president affirmed importance of activating role of local
councils in the four governorates and others in the country, noting
current preparations for holding sub-conferences of the local
councils for holding the general conference of local council early
next year.


He affirmed necessity of developing local resources and carrying out
development plans quickly and directed abolishing the central
authorization to tax collectors and giving authority to local
council to appoint those who collect these taxes. The authorization
starts in January 2009.

The president affirmed on local councils to promote investment wheal
and ease measures before investors and on making use of additional
financial allocations assigned for the four governorates for
carrying out strategic projects serving interests of the development
and contribute in fighting unemployment.

He talked about piracy conducted by Somali pirates and problems this
issue poses to international maritime, asserting on integrating all
regional and international efforts for facing these acts which harm
interests of all international trades.