And if the youth movement ousts Mr Saleh, they will not give up their clout and status without a fight.
Despite providing invaluable advice to prisoners abroad, both organisations are woefully under-funded, do not have vital in-country operations staffed by specialised personnel, and, most importantly, lack official clout or status.
In the 1960s it was widely anticipated that dozens of countries would get the bomb, as it appeared to be the fast track to clout and status on the world stage.
Arsenal were able to radically upgrade their image – from being a traditional and moderately successful English club to having European clout, regular Champions League status and global appeal.
"Having a ministry for women will give us more status, more clout," she said.
But he also seemed conscious that Mr. Turner would have limited clout because of his status as a freshman lawmaker.
By the time the weaker executive recognized what was going on, she had trouble separating herself from her colleague and lost a significant amount of status and clout with her peers.
What he said: "Some people have property and power, class and capital, status and clout which are denied to the many" What he meant: I had a bet with John McDonnell that I could get class and capital into the speech.
In Putin's Russia, reverence for the Russian Orthodox church is an almost indispensable element of allegiance to the state; the status and clout of the church have been dramatically raised, but it has remained as servile as in the Soviet times.
The SDLP MP for South Belfast said Belfast will lose "status and clout" by being reduced to three parliamentary seats.
If one strips away the race, financial status, and political clout of each of these men, and solely compares their alleged crimes, it is glaringly obvious that this was selective prosecution and sentencing.
