President Al-Zubaidi Calls Hadramaut Deputy Governor for Valley Affairs and Directs Security Committee to Protect Peaceful Protesters

President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Vice Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), made a phone call on Friday evening with Amer al-Aamri, Deputy Governor of Hadhramaut for Valley and Desert Affairs, to review the latest developments in Seiyun and several areas of Hadhramaut Valley, amid growing popular protests demanding improved basic services.

President Al-Zubaidi instructed the security committee in the Valley of Hadramout to protect demonstrating citizens, emphasized that security services must exercise the highest levels of responsibility in dealing with protesters and securing their protest activities without arbitrariness, and simultaneously highlighted the need to maintain the peaceful nature of the protests.

At the end of his phone call, the President reiterated the council’s support for any efforts aimed at alleviating the suffering of Hadhramaut’s citizens and achieving permanent solutions to the electricity and public-service crises, in coordination with local authorities and relevant bodies.