Yemeni Transport Minister Saleh al-Jabwani said he submitted his resignation to President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi in protest at the prime minister's decision to suspend him from work.
The Minister of Service and Insurance, Nabil Al-Faqih, also submitted his resignation to President Hadi because of what he described as the paralysis of the government's actions and the practices of Prime Minister Moeen Abdul Malik.
Al-Gabwani submitted his resignation against the backdrop of a decision issued by Abd al-Malik on Thursday to suspend him from work, claiming that there was "a serious breach of his duties."
In his letter of resignation, al-Jabwani said that he had received a letter from the prime minister to suspend him from work, despite the fact that it was a matter of sovereignty for the President of the Republic, and added that the decision to stop him came two days after the death sentence was issued by the Houthis, and was preceded by the fall of Aden province in the hands of the Transitional Council militia Al-Janoubi, and forcing him out of it by force, after his defense of the state’s institutions, as well as preventing him from returning to Aden after signing the Riyadh agreement between the government and the council, last November.
Al-Jabwani considered that the decision to stop him represents a stab by the prime minister, and he accused Abdul-Malik of confessing that he was standing with the Transitional Council (which calls for the secession of southern Yemen from the north) in one mitras.
The Minister of Civil Service, Nabil al-Faqih, also submitted his resignation to Hadi, and attributed this to "the difficulty of achieving any tangible achievement", and not to any change in the approach of state institutions.
He added that "the government has been completely paralyzed," accusing its president of adopting "sterile policies" in the conduct of state business, and not paying attention to correcting the imbalances that accompany the work of the government, which have been alerted more than once.
Yemen suffers from security and political chaos under the weight of a six-year war between pro-government forces and the Houthis, who have controlled provinces, including the capital, Sanaa, since 2014.
The Yemeni conflict is complicated by the fact that it has regional extensions. Since 2015, a Saudi-Emirati military alliance has been supporting pro-government forces, in the face of the Houthis, who are backed by Iran, which is fighting with the Kingdom for influence in several Arab countries.