Tensions have resurfaced within Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council following a series of decisions announced by council member Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seeks the south’s secession
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Al-Zubaidi issued decrees appointing figures to government positions—including deputy governors and deputy ministers—authorities that rest with Council President Rashad al-Alimi and do not fall under al-Zubaidi’s mandate
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Beyond issuing the decrees, al-Zubaidi called on his supporters to take to the streets in backing his moves, denouncing what he described as the absence of a genuine power-sharing framework between his faction and the government
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The decisions sparked widespread reactions across Yemen. Analysts viewed them as a sign of the fractures within the eight-member council, which is backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and was established on April 7, 2022, under a mandate from then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who announced the transfer of his powers to the body
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Al-Zubaidi’s decisions came just a day after al-Alimi and other council members arrived in Aden from Saudi Arabia. Neither the council nor the government has commented on the decrees, which are expected to heighten tensions within the body unless government factions act quickly to contain the situation
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The STC continues to push for Yemen’s separation and a return to the pre-unification status that existed prior to May 22, 1990, while leveraging its presence in government to advance its secessionist agenda
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