Yemen Monitor / Aden / Special:
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) announced on Monday its rejection of the presence in Aden of any minister in the new Yemeni government who hails from northern governorates. The government considers Aden the country’s interim capital.
The STC’s executive body in Aden issued a strongly worded statement objecting to the appointment of ministers from northern regions in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Shaye Mohsen Al-Zindani.
The council described the presence of these ministers in Aden as “unacceptable,” claiming the recent appointments disrupted political balances and came at the expense of southern figures who had represented it in the previous government lineup.
The STC also threatened to take what it called a “firm position” against what it views as an attempt to impose a new political reality in Aden—an apparent reference to recent changes in the government’s structure and presidential moves to strengthen the state’s presence in the interim capital.
This escalation comes as the government has succeeded in returning a large portion of its members to Aden. In recent hours, five ministers arrived: Amin Noman Al-Qudsi (Higher Education), Mukhtar Al-Yafaei (Social Affairs and Labor), Hussein Awad Al-Aqrabi (Public Works and Roads), and Mashdal Mohammed Omar (Human Rights).
The city also recorded the arrival of Presidential Leadership Council member Major General Mahmoud Al-Subaihi, bringing the number of ministers currently present in Aden to 15. These movements come in implementation of direct directives from the Presidential Leadership Council requiring all state officials to relocate inside Yemen to carry out their duties and address urgent economic and service-related issues.
