Almotamar.net - Reliable sources mentioned Wednesday that the General People's Congress (GPC)'s Secretary-General Abdulqader Bajammal issued a decision on the formation of a special committee undertaking the conduct of dialogue with Yemeni opposition political p [arties pursuant to a decision taken by the General Committee of the GPC lat month and entrusted Bajammal with calling opposition parties to start a dialogue many issues.

A source at the GPC told may.net website the committee the GPC's SG has formed is composed of Abdulrahman al-Akwaa, assistant SG for political affairs, Sultan al-Barakani, assistant SG for Information Sector, Abdullah Ahmed Ghanim, and head of the GPC's political office. Mohammed Ali Abuluhoum, head of the foreign relations office and Yasser al-Awadhi, head of Mass Organisations office at the GPC.

At the time the source denied about a meeting held between the GPC SG and secretaries generals of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) and the Yemeni Socialist Party on Tuesday he expected that the GPC and opposition parties meetings to be held in the coming days.

Member of the General Committee of the GPC Mohammed Abuluhoum had mentioned in statements during a symposium called for by the GPC's SG that delay of the call for dialogue was because of the SG travel for treatment abroad.

The GC had in a meeting held on 22 February discussed a working paper presented by the secretary general on precepts and objectives of the national dialogue scheduled to be held with all political parties and organisations in Yemen. It had approved the working paper and entrusted the GPC SG with holding dialogue with all political parties and organisations on the basis of the constitution and the laws as well as the GPC program in order to find out the future national accord program.

The General Committee also discussed a host of issues for deepening participation and developing the political; action especially regarding future tasks of:

First, the issues related to constitutional amendments aimed at effecting real development in the legislative power system, upgrading at the same time the role of the Shoura Council in this process and leading to implementation of the president's initiative for electing governorates governors and heads of districts through drawing up constitutional and legal rules in a realistic framework,

Second, questions related to amending the election law leading to an electoral system having its special democratic characteristic and its sound legal procedures,

Third, finding out high organizational, procedural and disciplinary rules requested by the political process particularly with regard to the law of political parties and organisations in order to achieve an essential and disciplinary goal at both political and popular levels.