Alwaght-Yemen's president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur, appointed a new prime minister on Tuesday as part of a deal with Ansarullah. He appointed his Chief of Staff to the post on Tuesday, his office director Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.
But Ansarullah who control the capital rejected the nomination and vowed to resist the move. Ansarullah seized Sanaa with little resistance last month after overrunning an army brigade affiliated with the rival Wahhabi Islah party, making them effectively the power brokers in the country.
The Ansarullah's rejection of the appointment adds fresh uncertainty to weeks of political volatility following the movement's seizure of the capital. Their takeover came after weeks of protests followed by four days of clashes that killed more than 200 people.
Ansarullah, have resisted demands to quit the capital, saying that an agreement they signed with Hadi to make them a part of the government gives them the right to stay until a new prime minister has been named. Ansarullah announces that U.S. embassy in Sanaa is involved in the decision to appoint bin Mubarak.
"Supporters of the embassies appeared after the U.S. ambassador met President Hadi to declare their coup against the will of the Yemeni people and imposing bin Mubarak in line with the will of the embassies," Daifallah al-Shami, a prominent member of the political bureau, said in remarks on his Facebook page.
"This decision has met widespread popular rejection and the people are preparing to resume the revolutionary escalation and complete their revolution which will only end with achieving their objectives," he added, referring to the protests that the Ansarullah started against the previous government in late July.
