The demonstration was held in front of the residence of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Friday.
On February 27, Yemen’s former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh formally stepped down and handed over power to his deputy Hadi. The power transfer occurred under a Saudi-backed deal brokered by the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council in April 2011 and signed by Saleh in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on November 23, 2011.
The new Yemeni president, who is a UK-trained field marshal, was sworn in on February 25 following a single-candidate presidential election on February 21, which was supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, Yemeni protesters elsewhere in the capital chanted slogans against foreign intervention in the internal affairs of the country. A similar demonstration was also held in the northern city of Sa’ada on Friday.
“After the revolution that ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh everything is still the same. There is no justice. Unemployment rates are higher than ever,” a Yemeni resident of Sana’a told Press TV.
Some commentators say the United States and the repressive regime of Al Saud are seeking to keep the remnants of Saleh regime due to its loyalty to Washington and Riyadh.
