The Interior Minister Abdul-Qater Qahtan has said that Yemen’s priority was to ensure security of the upcoming presidential elections. He highlighted importance of ensuring security of the February 21st presidential elections. “February 21st elections will be the biggest test for Yemen’s democracy,” Qahtan told Anadolu Agency correspondent in an exclusive interview.
Qahtan said that they would work to ensure a developed democracy in Yemen, and the priority of the interior ministry was to enable participation of all citizens in elections in a safe and secure way, and therefore to ensure security in cities.
The main obstacle before Yemen’s transitional process was presence of Al Qaida in south and Shi’i-Sunni clashes in north, Qahtan said.
He said the transitional government was trying to take urgent measures to ensure security in those regions, and were working to make al-Qaeda withdraw from cities.
Full Article: Saba Net – Yemen news agency.
