Yemeni opposition cast suspicion on elections preparations

Eight of the Yemeni opposition parties have announced their rejection of the declaration made by the committee in charge of elections regarding the number of their participants in the elections committees.

The parties of the joint committee considered this measure as a deliberate attempt to alienate its participation in the set up of the elections committee, which will supervise stages for re- registering voters and various preliminary phases to carry out the parliamentary elections die in April 2003.

The opposition parties said that the responsibility and consequences of the results of this decision include wasting public assets, and placing suspicion on the elections.

The eight parties which are the Yemeni coalition for reforms, the socialist party, the Naserite unionist organization, the Baath Arab socialist party, "al-Haq" party, the September organization, the federation of the people's forces and the Yemeni unionist coalition, announced their rejection to what was announced by the higher committee for elections.

The higher committee for elections has announced completion of the election division process in various Yemeni provinces, where election centers were set in 5622 areas inside the 30 election circles in the 21 Yemeni provinces.