LOC10:51
07:51 GMT
SANAA, Aug 19 (KUNA) -- The Yemeni government accused the opposition
parties of being behind the assassination bid against President Ali Abdullah
Saleh and senior leaders in the bombing that targeted the presidency palace on
June 3.
Deputy Information Minister Abdo Al-Janadi said at a news conference, held
late on Thursday, "There are accusations addressed to the leader of the
opposition Hamid Al-Ahmar, along with the commander of the First Armored
Division that broke away from the regime of President Saleh, Major General Ali
Mohsen Al-Ahmar, for carrying out the assassination attempt, which targeted
the Yemeni president and senior leaders of the state."
Al-Janadi accused the Yemeni JMP (the Joint Meeting Party) opposition "of
stealing the youth revolution by announcing formation of the National Council
of the Revolution."
The Yemeni tribes' conference, held in Sanaa on Wednesday, was the first
clear response to the intransigent rhetoric of the opposition, Al-Janadi added.
President Saleh, in his speech that was addressed to the participants in
the tribal conference from his residence in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, stressed
that he remained present on the Yemeni political scene, "which was a strong
response to those who claimed that he was out of the political game in the
country," he added
In another context, the JMP denounced accusations made by the Ministry of
the Interior that activists of the camp targeted the house of deputy
Information Minister.
According to Yemen News Agency (SABA), members of the (JMP) hurled, on
Thursday, a bomb at Al-Janadi's house. A source of the Interior Ministry said
the bomb blew up near the house before the deputy minister's arrival,
asserting that Al-Janadi was not harmed. No casualties were reported,
according to the source.(end)
az.mao
KUNA 191051 Aug 11NNNN