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| | The establishment of northern hegemony in the process of Yemeni unification - 4 |
 | | At present there is a southern Prime Minister - Dr Faraj bin Ghanem, Vice President, Minister for Legal Affairs, Minister for Planning, and Interior Minister. |
 | | It may also be a manoeuvre aimed at reducing the influence of the less progressive members of the northern elite, although Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar was re-elected parliamentary speaker, and Sheikh Tariq al-Fadli the leader of the 'Afghan' guerrillas - a fundamentalist group - was a surprising appointment to the consultative council |
 | | As Dr S Abd al-Aziz al-Saqqaf, editor of the 'The Yemen Times', and himself a co-optee onto the Consultative Council, said in interview "The President's ideology is to stay in power. |
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