Yemen – AFP – 1/22/2015 – The Yemeni parliament refused to accept the resignation of President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Thursday after a week-long standoff with Shiite militia, a senior official told AFP.
“Parliament represented by speaker Yahia al-Rai refused to accept the president’s resignation and decided to call an extraordinary session for Friday morning,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.