Yemen’s political parties are edging closer to a deal that would resolve the crisis, UN envoy Jamal Benomar has said.

Yemen's political parties are edging closer to a deal that would resolve the crisis, UN envoy Jamal Benomar has said.

All parties have agreed on the "form of the legislative authority in the interim period", Benomar wrote on his Facebook page late Thursday.

He hailed the preliminary accord as an "important step towards achieving a comprehensive political agreement that would end the current crisis".

The new deal stipulates that the current parliament would remain in place, while a parallel "People's Transitional Council" would be formed to include "unrepresented components", Benomar said.

Half of the seats in the new council would go to representatives of formerly independent South Yemen, while women and youth groups would get a 30 percent and 20 percent quota respectively.   

The two chambers together would form the "national council," the UN envoy said.

"This progress is not an agreement, but is an important breakthrough that paves the way towards a comprehensive agreement," he wrote.

In the same context, the Yemenis continued rallying in different cities in support to the Constitutional Declaration.