Aden: Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi decided Thursday to form a Presidential Leadership Council, announcing the transfer of his full powers to the council.
The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council includes seven members: Sultan Al-Arada, Tariq Saleh, Abdul Rahman Abu Zara'a, Abdullah Al-Alimi, Othman Majali, Aidarous Al-Zubaidi and Faraj Al-Bahsani
"With this declaration, a Presidential Leadership Council shall be established to complete the implementation of the tasks of the transitional period. I irreversibly delegate to the Presidential Leadership Council my full powers in accordance with the constitution and the Gulf Initiative and its executive mechanism," he said.
According to a statement carried by the Yemeni news agency, Hadi said that the Presidential Leadership Council is headed by Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi, and has all its powers and all the powers of the vice president.
He added that each member of the Presidential Leadership Council has the rank of Vice President of the Presidential Leadership Council. All members of the Presidential Leadership Council are committed to the principle of collective responsibility and their quest to achieve the highest degree of consensus among them, he said.
He also referred to the powers of the Presidential Leadership Council in managing the state politically, militarily, and security, among others throughout the transitional period.
The Yemeni President had decided at Thursday dawn to relieve his deputy Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar from his post.
