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Yemeni President Abdrabubuh Mansur Hadi fired on Monday evening senior leaders of the Yemeni Islah Party (the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood) in the first reshuffle of the Yemen`s internationally recognized government of PM Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik.
The president fired the Dr. Mohammad Saeed Al-Saadi from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, the senior leader of the party Dr. Abdullah Mohsen Al-Akwaa from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, the governor of Shabwa, Major General Ali bin Rashid Al-Harthy, loyal to the vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar from Islah party.
According the decisions published in legitimate government-run Yemen`s "Saba" news agency the government appointed Dr. Nagib Mansur Hameed Al-Awaj as Minister of Planning instead of the Assistant Secretary General of Islah Party, the Engineer Mohammed Saleh Naser Al-Anani as Minister of Electricity and Energy, instead of the leading figure in the party, Dr. Abdullah Al-Akwaa, who is in fusion relationship with the Secretary-General of the Islah Party Abdulwahab Al-Anisi.
The decisions of President Hadi included the appointment of Ali Haitham Abdullah as Justice Minister, replacing Judge Gamal Omar, who died more than a week ago at a hospital in the Russian Federation, and the appointment of Anis Awad Hassan Baharitha as Director of the Prime Minister's Office instead of Ali al-Noaymi, who was appointed mid- last September form the past PM Ahmed Bin Daghr.
The Yemeni president appointed Mohammed Saleh bin Idyou as governor of Shabwa province, replacing Major General Ali al-Hairthi, from Islah party, and loyal to Vice-President Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who is loyal to the party. Al-Harithi is one of the most prominent military leaders who played a prominent role in leading some of the so-called National Army groups, which is controlled by the Islah Party, against the forces of the Houthis group (Ansar Allah) in the same province.
Hadi issued a decree appointing the "Brotherhood" leaders Abdullah Al-Akwaa, Dr. Mohammed Al-Saadi, Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Harithi and Dr. Mansur Al-Batani as members of the Shura Council.
He also appointed Salim Saleh Bin Brik as Deputy Minister of Finance and Eng. Abdullah Ahmed Mohammed Hajar as Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy.
These appointments come within the Yemeni government, 40 days after Hadi's decision to appoint Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed as head of this government, replacing Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher, who was fired by Yemen's president and referred him to investigation as a precedent is the first in Yemen.
President Hadi appointed Maeen as prime minister but did not ask him to form a new government. His decision of 15 October stipulated that government members continue to perform their duties in accordance with their appointment.
The legetimtate government's "Saba" news agency did not mention whether Hadi had returned to his residence in the Saudi capital Riyadh or was still in the United States where he was receiving treatment, while media sources said that he was on his way back to Riyadh.
Observers believe that Hadi's new decision seeks to reduce the influence and control of the Islah Party (the branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen) in his government, especially with increasing suspicions and accusations against the party about its seriousness in the war against the Houthis, which have been more than three and a half years.
The Islah party has managed to impose its control on many aspects of Yemen's "legitimate" and further incursions into presidential and government institutions since the start of the crisis in Yemen, taking advantage of the ongoing war in the country, casing objections in Saudi-led Arab coalition supporting Hadi`s government.
Yemen has been racked by armed conflict which broke out after the Iranian-backed Houthis had ousted the internationally recognized government in late 2014.
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led military coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015.
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led military coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015, to reinstall President Hadi and his government, and has left nearly 11,000 people dead, hundreds of thousands injured, 3 million displaced and made other thousands to flee the country.
Yemen is facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN, as more than 22 million people (more than two thirds of the population) are in need for a type of humanitarian aid and immediate protection, including 8.4 million people unsure how to get next meal, and some 2 million children suffering severe shortage of nutrition.
