“These measures were issued outside Yemen in form and content, and our people are not concerned with what the outside decides in its internal affairs,” Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Houthis’ top negotiator, said about the news of the council’s formation.
Transitional Leader-Turned President-in-Exile
Hadi's mandate was extended for another year in January 2014, and the day after his mandate expired in January 2015, he was forced from office by mass protests led by the Houthis but motivated by widespread dissatisfaction with his rule, including an end to fuel subsidies and a proposed federalization plan that critics said would amplify poverty in the already-poor country. A month later, in the southern city of Aden, Hadi rescinded his resignation, denounced the Houthi seizure of power, and fled to Riyadh, seeking help crushing the uprising.