The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, which declared self-management and the state of emergency in southern Yemen last Saturday, said that it was "a delegate of the people" and would not back down "the interests of its people and provide security and stability."
On the other hand, the Yemeni presidency said that the southern transitional council would not be able, through its unilateral step, to achieve any project, including the secession of southern Yemen from its north.
Council spokesman Nizar Haitham said in a tweet via his Twitter account on Monday, "The slaps continue to happen to those who wanted to conspire against our beloved south ... It suffices to see Arab and international reactions and their continuation by pressing what is called the legitimate government to implement the Riyadh agreement immediately and find a political solution that guarantees the south its rights perfect".
"The interest of our people and providing security and stability to our land is our decision, and we will not retreat from it," he added.
A member of the Presidency Council in the Transitional Council, Fadl Al-Jaadi, tweeted, "The presidency of the transitional is delegated by the people, and its goals are the road map of our struggle ... What has been achieved up to this point is the property of the people, and there is no return or retreat from it at all."
On the other hand, Abdul-Malik Al-Mikhlafi, advisor to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, said on Monday that the Southern Transitional Council will not be able to achieve any project, including the separation of southern Yemen from its north.
Al-Mikhlafi tweeted in his Twitter account, saying, "The mentality that governs the transition cannot make any building or succeed in any project, including the separation project."
He added, "The directives of the decision-makers in the transitional council are short-sighted, making their actions that create the greatest harm to the citizens in their areas of control."
He considered that the council is an "emotional expression of small and village projects, an obstruction tool and not a construction tool," accusing it of disrupting life and services in the governorate of Aden and creating chaos, believing that "disruption and chaos will lead to the success of its call for secession."
It is noteworthy that the United Nations, the European Union, the Saudi-Emirati alliance, the League of Arab States, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation announced in separate statements their rejection of the Transitional Council's declaration of autonomy for its areas of control in Aden, stressing the need to work to implement the Riyadh agreement signed between the Council and the legitimate government sponsored A Saudi woman last November.
The Yemeni government also held the transitional council responsible for undermining the Riyadh agreement and the entire peace process in the event of delaying the cancellation of the autonomy declaration for the south.
The Emirati-backed transitional council has been in control in Aden governorate since last August, after fierce fighting against government forces, which ended with the expulsion of the government that accused the UAE of plotting a second coup after the Houthi coup, which Abu Dhabi denies.