Tens of thousands of disillusioned Yemenis marched on the Yemen capital of Sanaa on Monday to protest the government, demanding Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa's administration to resign.

The three-hour protest, organized by the Shi'ite Houthi movement and including mostly Shi'ite Muslims, demanded that the government repeal a decision to curb fuel subsidies and that the current administration resign over accusations of corruption, Reuters reports.

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People yelled as they marched from Change Square to the city center demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basindwa's administration.

Security forces did not stop the demonstration as protesters moved to have their voices heard over a Sunni majority in Yemen.

Shi'ite Houthi movement leader Abdul Malek al-Houthi called for the protest on Sunday on a Houthi television channel, saying if demands have not been met by Friday, the protest will use different tactics to pressure the government.

Al-Houthi also noted that if any harm is done to the protesters they will "not be idle" in their reaction. The protesters plan to perform sit-ins and more marches.

After the demonstration protesters set up a camp on the outskirts of Sanaa.

The primary issue during the protest was the repeal of fuel subsidies, but Ali Saif Hassan, an analyst at a Yemeni private organization, thinks the issue is a cover for the protesters' main goal.

"In the end, the Houthis want a new government they can join," he said.

Currently Houthis are not represented in Yemeni government.

Yemen has been in a state of political unrest ever since the 2012 ousting of president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Basindwa's national unity government attempted to be more inclusive and promote reforms, such as the fuel subsidy.

One of the chants protesters yelled said that Yemen president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi had sold out Yemen to the Islamic State.

"We won't stand with folded arms in the face of crime," Houthi said.

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