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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Aden - Ali Rabih

Yemenis Barely Celebrate GPC’s 40th Anniversary

General People's Congress’s Sana’a wing holds a meeting after the killing of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (Reuters)

Yemenis home and abroad are faintly celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the General People's Congress (GPC), one of the largest political parties in Yemen. The reason behind this is that the GPC has faced fragmentation over the years and lost its decision-making power to Houthi militias.

Marking the occasion on August 24, GPC leaders kept exchanging cables of congratulations.

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