SANAA, 12 Dec -- Deputy Interior Minister, Brigadier General Saleh Hussein al-Zouari Saturday refuted allegations by separatists in the south that security forces are behind the death, and theft of private property of people from north Yemen.  The Security Media Centre at the ministry cited al-Zaouari as saying “such stupid allegations are a desperate attempt to cover the obvious,” and voiced “astonishment at the ability of the killers to shed tears over their victims,” adding “agents, spies and traitors at the so-called southern peaceful struggle movement have inherited assassinations and murder.”  He said “killing innocent people, and looting properties of citizens travelling in public roads are the work of deprived persons who have no morals, ethics, faith or tribe,” stressing “there are many evidences that link members of the southern movement to these crimes and security agencies won’t allow them to continue shedding the blood of innocent people,” and warned the separatists “their fate will be like that of the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia who are standing trials nowadays by the hundreds.”

SANAA, 12 Dec -- Head of the Media Department at the ruling General People’s Congress (GPC), Tariq al-Shami Saturday voiced “astonishment at the opposition’s latest communiqué concerning the partial legislative elections,” saying “everyone knows that the opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) has refused to set down and talk so we can implement the remaining terms of the February agreement” adding “the JMP has put new conditions and turned down all calls for dialogue.”  He said the opposition parties “have the right to boycott the elections since they are fully aware they lack peoples’ support but they have no right to claim a mandate over people,” adding “the leadership at the JMP has been working to isolate its parties from the people and their negative stands towards the attempts to turn history back are known,” stressing “it is clear the JMP leaders don’t benefit from experiences and lessons and the Yemeni people don’t count on those parties because they always sing outside the flock.”