Yemen's Brotherhood reject Houthi declaration

Yemen’s Al-Islah Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in the country, on Saturday rejected a constitutional declaration announced by the Shia Houthi group on Friday.

The party called for abolishing the declaration, which dissolved the Yemeni parliament, formed a national assembly instead and created a presidential council to run Yemen during its transition.

Al-Islah Party described the declaration in a statement on its website as a “unilateral step” saying it did not recognise the consequences of this move.

“There can be no way out without abolishing all unilateral moves and returning to dialogue,” the party said.

It accused the Houthis of staging a “coup” against a United Nations-sponsored dialogue among Yemen’s political forces.

Yemen’s Shia Houthis, who have controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa in September of 2014 and extended their control to other provinces, on Friday took an additional move to consolidate their power in Yemen by forming a presidential council and dissolving parliament.

There are fears that the growing power of the Houthis would open the door for more violent confrontations in Yemen.