almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh called Thursday on the Yemeni elements living abroad to return home and practice their political rights whether with their political parties or through establishment of new parties.
The President indicated that the homeland is large enough for all saying, " We have wished that symbols of the October revolution to be with us, let them return to the homeland and it is so large for all. If they want to practice legitimate political action and to come back as Banazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sheriff have returned, let them come back and they have the right to practice a political action and there is nothing preventing that."
In his speech at the youth carnival held in the city of Aden on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the National Independence of 30 November the president called on all to remove remnants of division and not to call them back anew, saying " except the one who tried to impinge upon the unity of the homeland, his file is open."
President Saleh announced awarding strugglers of the 14 October and 26 September the Order of Merit of the first grade, asserting that would be done without selectivity because the strugglers of October and strugglers of September are well-known.
In his speech the president also stressed his absolute rejection of violence of which he said there are some forces who try to drag us to, "We reject all forms of violence, we completely reject violence, conspiracy and physical liquidation."
While the president has affirmed that the committee on tackling negative phenomena, chaired by advisor to the president, Salem Saleh Mohammed offers remedies related to sequels of 1994 war to the political leadership, he called on the citizens all over the republic to deal with the local authority concerning all the issues concerning them, also gave his directives to the government and leaderships of local authorities in the governorates to not to transfer issues of the people to the political leadership, describing any official doing that as unsuccessful.
President Saleh on the other hand criticised those trying to instigate worry among the people and attempt practicing early electoral propaganda to an extent he people felt there is something taking place in the homeland. He affirmed that the unity is as firm as the mountains of Ayban, Shamsan and Radafan.
The president then gave his directives to release the elements detained over the acts of riot and sabotage that took place in the governorates of Dhalie, Aden, Radafan and Hadramout. He warned those elements against returning to sabotage saying "If they return we shall send them back."