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Yemeni president accepts Houthi demands for sharing power

Xinhua, January 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Wednesday agreed to meet demands of the Shiite Houthi group after negotiations to resolve the current political crisis, official Saba news agency reported.

According to the deal nailed at a meeting between Hadi, his advisors and Houthi representatives on Wednesday, the government agreed to amend the draft constitution to meet the demands of all political parties, Saba reported.

The Houthi group and the Southern Movement that insists on independence of the southern regions have the right to appoint its representatives in all government institutions in accordance to the peace and partnership deal that was signed on Sep. 21, 2014, it said.

All parties that signed the peace and partnership deal shall support the president to facilitate its implementation in all the government establishments within two weeks.

Meanwhile, the Houthi group will immediately release Hadi's chief of staff Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak and withdraw its fighters around Hadi's house.

The Houthi group would also pull out its fighters from the presidential palace and the nearby military base, and remove all new checkpoints from the streets in the capital Sanaa.

The group also agreed to allow all government institutions and ministries to resume work. Endit