Ansarullah, Saleh's GPC appoint governing supreme council

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the General People's Congress (GPC) party of the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, jointly appointed a governing supreme council Saturday to run the country.

The two groups officially announced in a joint statement issued in the capital Sana’a and carried by the official Saba Net news agency that they both have an equal share in the 10-member council.

According to the statement, the Ansarullah and the GPC will rotate the position of president and vice president, who will be chosen within the supreme council.

Among the appointed members are Salah al-Sammad, the head of the political wing of Ansarullah, and the deputy head of the GPC, Sadek Abu Ras.

Ansarullah and the GPC initially announced the formation of the council on July 28, two days before the Saudi-backed delegation loyal to the resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, pulled out of the UN-backed peace talks in Kuwait.

The supreme council will be tasked with managing “state affairs politically, militarily, economically, administratively, socially and in security” based on Yemen’s constitution, the two groups said.

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