A higher committee for legislative election in Yemen appointed

The Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has enacted a decision provided for appointing new members in the higher committee for legislative elections including four members from the general people's conference.

The committee is composed of seven persons representing political trends in Yemen, besides representatives for the general people's conference, the committee includes one representative for the Yemeni coalition for reforms, who is the former minister of electricity and waters Abdullah Mohsin al-Akwa', a representative for the opposition higher co-ordination council which, by its turn, includes the socialist and Naserite Unionist parties.

However, the legislative elections are expected to be held in April 2002. It is the third of its kind since the unification of the two parts of Yemen in 1990.

Worthy mentioning that the recent local election was held in Yemen in February this year in coincidence with a general referendum on a constitutional amendment resulted in extending the term of office for the Yemeni President from five to seven years and the duration of parliament members from 4 to 6 years. This amendment was approved at a majority of 73 of eligible votes.