Yemeni's president accepts designated PM's refusal of task

SANAA, Oct 9 (KUNA) -- Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Thursday accepted refusal of the designated prime minister, Dr. Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak, to serve in the premiership post and form a new government.
The official news agency, Saba', indicated that the president approved bin Mubarak's request to be relieved of the task of occupying the post or forming a new government, amid robust rejection of his designation by the Houthis and the General People's Congress party of the ex-president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saba' said a panel, tasked with tackling repercussions of designating Bin Mubarak to form a government, declared that the president accepted his request and that the Houthis pledged in response to abstain from escalation, they had planned in retaliation for assigning him to serve in the post.
The Houthis had planned wide-scale protests in the Yemeni capital in case Bin Mubarak was not dismissed.
The president will ask the presidential consultancy panel, anew, to select "a patriotic and consensus personality" to lead the executive authority, the official news agency said.
The Houthis, who have recently expanded influence to the capital, have rejected Bin Mubarak's assignment arguing that his selection is not result of consensus among the country's main political powers.
The president, Houthi leaders and other influential figures of the nation reached an agreement in September to resolve the local political crisis, following fighting between the Houthi gunmen and army troops in and around the city. The accord was mediated by the United Nations. (end) az.rk