The governor of Aden, Abdel-Aziz bin Habtoor, tells The Associated Press that Hadi made the comments at a meeting with him and governors from four other provinces today.
Hadi met them in the southern city of Aden, where he arrived yesterday and said that all actions taken since Shiite rebels stormed the capital Sanaa last September are illegitimate.
The logic behind Hadi's legitimacy, Habtoor said, is that parliament never ratified his resignation. The rebels, known as Houthis, first prevented the parliament from meeting and then dissolved it earlier this month.