President Hadi attends graduation ceremony at Supreme Military Collage November 28, 2013 -SANAA President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi attended a graduation ceremony of three military courses at the Supreme Military Collage on the occasion of marking the 46 anniversary of the Independence Day, November 30. The President delivered a speech at the ceremony, Todays immortal in the lives of Yemeni people, when the last British soldier left the south to close forever the colonial era and to begin the stage of building the national state, while the republic in the north was facing fierce attack from the remnants of Imamate regime, Hadi said. At that time Yemenis from south and north faced those attacks and they achieved a great victory against the Sanaa 70-day blockade on February 8, 1968, the President added. Hadi considered the victory of Sanaa 70-day blockade and the National Independence in south the beginning during various struggling stages led finally to the Yemeni unification that occurred in 1990. He said after the unification in 1990, and due to a lack of a clear vision to build the new state in Yemen, the conflicts between Yemenis returned again in 1994 which resulted in new hurts in Yemens body during unjust actions took place in the years that followed. Hadi mentioned that instead of handling the results of war in 1994 the regime continued in its negative and wrong actions, saying that today we are handling with cooperation of all honorable citizens all hurts of the past and its painful mistakes. The President in his speech praised the role army, reaffirming that it will still the symbol of the national unity although imbalances occurred during previous periods. He pointed to steps and measures have been made in the framework of restructuring the army and security institutions. The civil sector in the state will be included in reforms through implementation the NDC outcomes, which focused on rebuilding the civil states structure, Hadi said. We are insisting to bring the NDC the conclusion despite obstacles they made to obstruct the NDC, Hadi added. Hadi said that the obstacles exceed the bounds of the NDCs halls, to various walks of life, including targeting public services and killing security and military individuals, civilians and politicians, besides attempts to spread chaos and turbulences that aim to disrupt the government activities. Those, who make the obstacles, must realize that our people will not go back to the past, which was the main reason for all this suffering. We must always remember that youths came out to the squares in February 2011, when the political stalemate reached its peak, security and economic conditions get worse and development, tourism and investments have halted completely, the President said, stressing that there is no power, whatever its capabilities, can overcome all those difficulties in a year or two, let alone the new obstacles placed to deter the march of change. He talked about some of the shortcomings in the governments performance caused mainly by the partisan effect, urging all parties, civil society organizations and all the people to forget the past and focus only on addressing the countrys political, security and economic crises. The president urged all political powers in Yemen to close the page of past putting Yemens interests and its people above all other interests. He also called on the two sides of conflicts in Damaj district of Saada to stop clashes between them, saying they have to learn from the past. Hadi during his visit to Supreme Military Collage he opened the scientific and academic exhibition where he got aquinted with the contents of the scientific research prepared by graduates in various fields. He wrote down words in record visits in which he expressed his pleasure for visiting the exhibition, praising all efforts made by graduates.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:02:47 +0000