Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Riyadh-formed Presidential Council has responded to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s show of its forces and its siege imposed on the Al-Ma’ashiq Palace in the city of Aden, southern Yemen, who refuse to celebrate Yemen’s Unity Day .
“The unification of the military and security establishment will continue, under the Riyadh agreement, and the declaration of the transfer of power, through a military and security committee will be announced in the next few days,” al-Alimi said in a speech marking the anniversary of Yemen’s Unity.
The STC is desperately trying to hinder the integration of its formations with forces loyal to the Islah Party in the Ministries of Defence and the Interior in the pro-coalition government, as this would mean stripping it of its political power.
