Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak said that he submitted his resignation to President Rashad Al -Alimi today, Saturday, two days after the Presidential Command Council agreed to dismiss him from the position .. Here is the difference between dismissal and resignation in the Yemeni constitution.

First: The dismissal

• The party that initiates it: President of the Republic.

• Constitutional support: Article (129) of the Yemeni constitution states that the President of the Republic has the right to “dismiss the Prime Minister based on clear justifications related to the public interest.”

• Mechanism: A Republican decision is issued to dismiss it.

• Legal impact: The dismissal leads to the entire fall of the government; The president must appoint a new prime minister and mandate a new government.

• Political significance: It means that the president no longer sees the prime minister to continue, and it may be the result of a political dispute, administrative failure, or internal or external pressures.

• The party initiates: the Prime Minister himself.

• The authority authorized to accept it: President of the Republic.

• Mechanism: The Prime Minister submits his resignation in writing to the President of the Republic.

• Constitutional support: Article (131) of the constitution states that the resignation of the Prime Minister or the resignation of the government is submitted to the President of the Republic, and its acceptance results in the government's consideration.

• The legal effect: After accepting the resignation, the government becomes a caretaker government until the appointment of a new government.

• Political significance: it may mean self -failure, the government's failure to perform its tasks, or political pressure, or a desire to reshape the executive authority