http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Saleh: next year will see strengthened municipal governance [The Source: sabanews.net - 10/08/2009] President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said that local governments in Yemen could be grant broad powers as off next year, with the municipalities managing budgets independently. In a statement to the state-run al-Jomhoriyah newspaper Saleh affirmed the move aims to promote developments and meet the people's infrastructure needs without bias to a specific region.And it comes ahead of possible constitutional amendments agreed among the political spectrum in early this year, Saleh added.Shifting to strengthened local governance the responsibility of the central government then will be to plan and oversee the acts of the local governments.