president from their group. they also want hadi to integrate hewthy fighters into the army and security forces. our correspondent has more from yemen. >> reporter: the general people's congress in a statement said its leader and former president had sent a letter dated on december 19th to the current president, demanding him to cancel the u.n. sanctions against the former president as well as two houthi members. also in that letter apparently former president called on hadi to call for early parliamentary and presidential elections to end the current crisis and achieve national unity. in a separate development, they declared they are closing down the airport and the sea ports. forces that are local fighters here deployed around aden to try