Drafting Yemen's new Constitution: How open shall the process be?

By Ali Abulohoom, 25 April 2014
Drafting Yemen's new Constitution: How open shall the process be?
Drafting Yemen's new Constitution: How open shall the process be?
<p><span>The drafting of the country’s constitution is part of a road-map for the country’s future that started with the stepping down of former President Ali Abdulla Saleh following the 2011 uprising and will end with elections in February 2015. The constitution will be a benchmark for the progress of the country. But, citizens and rights groups worry that secret drafting sessions violate the population’s right to participate in the codification of the country’s values in what will be Yemen’s supreme law of the land.</span></p>
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