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1st LD: Yemeni prime minister presents resignation to president

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah presented resignation to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Thursday night, government spokesman Rajeh Badi told Xinhua, one day after the government and Shiite Houthi group signed a peace deal to end a three-day political crisis.

"The prime minister and his government will not withdraw their decision under any circumstance," Badi said, expressing the apology on behalf of Bahah to the Yemeni people.

Bahah, born in 1965 in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, was named as the premier on Oct. 13, 2014. He served as oil minister from March to June in 2014. He was replaced due to protests triggered by shortage of fuel and electricity, and was later named as envoy to the UN.

The government signed on Wednesday a peace deal with the Houthi group which seized the presidential palace during clashes with presidential guards since Monday. Endit