Epstein Secrets

; for this purpose, he formed a committee to provide amendments to the 1996 constitution, whereby the King would transfer more of his duties to the Parliament and the Prime Minister. The King's reform initiative was well-received and the committee is already preparing the draft amendments, and exchanging

former ruling party, the NDP. Yemen The Gulf Cooperation Council's compromise initiative was finally accepted by both the opposition and President Saleh last week. The compromise agreement stipulates, inter alia, that President Saleh will relinquish power within thirty days, on the proviso that he a

. Abolition of Article 8 of the constitution, which stipulates that the Baath Party is by law the ruling party in Syria. President Assad's speech to Parliament on March 31st was disappointing to many, who were expecting the speech to be a declaration of a new era of genuine reforms. His promise of new elect

litary elite made it impossible to end the Houthis' rebellion, or stem the tide of the secessionist movement in the south of the country. President Saleh did not work to extend the writ of the state beyond major urban centers lest the sheikhs turn against him. He also did not give as much attention to

ted President. The stock market, when it reopened the following Monday, July 2, hit a nine-year high. Subsequently, when President Morsi ordered the Parliament—which was dissolved by the military based on a Constitutional Court ruling—to reconvene on July 8, the market tumbled 4.2 percent to a three-week lo

er three towns previously held by al- Qaeda. President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi continues to wrestle for control of the military from former President Saleh's family and friends. On June 18, the U.N. Secretary-General announced his intention to open a small office of the Special Adviser on Yemen for one

to the United Nations Security Council and solicit a new authorization for its stabilization mission. Somalia: In Somalia the newly formed federal Parliament elected on September 10 a community organizer and relative newcomer to politics, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, as President. The first elected president in

ffice of the Presidency. These changes are seen as moves by the new president to assert his authority and diminish the influence of former President Saleh, who, while forced out of government last year, received immunity and is living in Yemen. Central and South Asia Afghanistan: The Parliament confi

to the United Nations Security Council and solicit a new authorization for its stabilization mission. Somalia: In Somalia the newly formed federal Parliament elected on September 10 a community organizer and relative newcomer to politics, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, as President. The first elected president i

fice of the Presidency. These changes are seen as moves by the new president to assert his authority and diminish the influence of former President Saleh, who, while forced out of government last year, received immunity and is living in Yemen. Central and South Asia EFTA_R1_00483493 EFTA01990769

orm a government. Articles 56 and 61 stipulate that SCAF will retain a broad range of executive powers until a president is elected. Instead of the Parliament itself acting as the sovereign body to write a constitution, Article 60 mandates that the parliament is to "elect a 100-member constituent assembly

sed deal to hand over power, it is in part because the offer would guarantee him immunity from prosecution. Having learned from Mubarak's example, Saleh will wait until an amnesty is written into law before resigning. The lesson for the next president of Egypt, given the near-complete absence of pe