President calls on politicians abroad to return home

ADEN, Nov. 29 (Saba) – President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Yemeni politicians abroad to return home, especially those who has not abused the people and the country, and to take part in the political action in Yemen. During a speech delivered in a big carnival held Thursday in the 22nd May Stadium in Aden on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Independence Day on November 30, President Saleh said that politicians have the right to practice political action but without prejudicing to the unification of the country, excluding “those who did so, their files are still open”. He also rejected all kinds of violence and conspiracies. President Saleh gave directives to release detainees who have arrested due to devastative and riot activities they have committed in Aden, al-Dalei and Hadramout provinces. “We tend to the comprehensive development to create job opportunities for youths. We intent to build a human educationally, culturally and economically” the president said, asking for more action and no more words. He directed governors, general secretaries of local councils and directors of districts to use their full accountabilities and solve the people’s problems directly without referring them to higher officials or else “they are not competent to be in such posts” He said that the government has allocated YR70 billion to build housing cities in several governorates in addition to distributing agricultural areas to youths, ordering the government to speed up handing the contracts over to them. “The unification is as deep-rooted as mountains” he said, asserting that there is no unrest in the country. Then activities of the carnival, which was attended by the vice president and prime minister in addition to a great number of senior officials in the government and in the diplomatic corps, were commenced. FR/AF Saba