Yemen's Justice Minister Murshid Al-Arashani has said on Tuesday that Yemen prepares to pursue funds that were looted by the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides.
In a forum held in Qatar on recovering frozen assets of fallen Arab autocrats, Al-Arashani stressed that those officials who looted funds of the Yemeni people will be hunted through mechanisms of civil laws.
Thousands of Yemenis staged demonstrations this week, demanding to prosecute Saleh's and his aides, and revoking the immunity given to him.
Yemeni politicians continuously demand the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave Yemen and give up politics, asserting that he operates to provoke internal divisions and disputes.They caution that that the GCC-mediated power transfer deal could be broken down, if Saleh continued in playing political roles.They say that an immunity from prosecution under the GCC-mediated power transfer deal, emphasizing that he exploits the immunity to stir up troubles.Meanwhile, leaders of the General People Congress led by Saleh say that Saleh will not leave Yemen, emphasizing that his stay is a necessity for Yemen.
Meanwhile, the UN Envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar said that the UN did not support the immunity given to Saleh, stressing that the international law does not allow to give immunity.
In an interview with Sky News on Tuesday, aid that success of the national dialogue conference to be held in the up-coming November will be a historical event for the power transfer in Yemen.