President calls on gearing up efforts to settle military retirees issues

SANA’A, (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Sunday upon all concerned authorities, in the ministries of defence and interior and civil service and security systems, to double efforts to resolve issues of the military affiliates who were illegally forced to retire following the national spilt of 1994. He directed them to reinstate those military retirees to be considered in service since their retirement on pension, and given the due promotions and allowances. In his meeting with members of the Ministerial Committee of Solving Retired Soldiers Issues and related field committees, Saleh affirmed that the country would interestingly follow up issues of all Yemenis who spent, and are still spending, their lives for the sake of protecting and advancing this precious county of Yemen, specially those military and security affiliates, including the retirees. “After solving military pensioners issues and giving them their complete due rights and settling lands possession difficulties this file would be wrapped up,” Saleh said, adding that, “Then, all should direct efforts to their workplace to cut the way against whoever intends to exploit such situations to cause unrest.” Representatives of the retirees committees acquainted the President with a detailed report over solutions and results of their work on the military pensioners issues. AM/AM Saba