Riyadh (Debriefer) - Saudi authorities have informed the Yemeni President, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, their objection to his nominees for sovereign portfolios in the next government, and asked for substitutes, Yemeni government source said Monday.
Saudi Arabia demanded Hadi to declare the new cabinet without application the Riyadh Agreement's military section, the source added.
Riyadh proposed a partial, nominal implementation of the pact's military section in return for the government declaration, Al-Jazeera TV quoted the source as saying.
On Sunday, deputy speaker of the Yemeni Parliament tweeted that Saudi Arabia had rejected the names proposed by President Hadi for sovereign portfolios in the new government.
"Out of their care for the President's comfort and to maintain his legitimacy, the brothers refused the proposed names," Abdul Aziz Jobari added.
"Having nominated the prime minister, the general supervisor [Saudi ambassador for Yemen Mohamed] Al Jaber will select ministers for the sovereign portfolios," he claimed.
According to a Yemeni government official, the Yemeni President has refused to sign the declaration of new government before the Southern Transitional Council's application of the military section as stated in the Riyadh pact and its acceleration mechanism.
In many occasions, Jobari accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of hindering a Yemeni inclusive agreement and controlling Yemen's political decision for their own interests away from their war's declared goal in the country.
Last September, the Yemeni MP criticized the Saudis for dealing with Yemeni officials "as subordinates, who should only carry out decisions made by the Saudi ambassador to Yemen," Mohamed Al Jaber. "They should deal with the Yemeni people and officials respectfully."
The Kingdom has exerted pressures on President Hadi to appoint Saudi-selected prime minister and ministers, Jobari claimed. "Riyadh and Abu Dhabi intend to dominate Yemen's political decision, and to be regional powers at the expense of the Yemeni people."
Asked about the Riyadh Agreement, the Yemeni legislator said "it hasn't been and won't be implemented."
