Sunday, March 27, 2011

The authorities deny that the Yemeni president will resign

.- The authorities in Yemen tonight denied reports and speculation that the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, has agreed to resign in the next two months. Saleh is still under strong political pressure from the opposition, demanding his resignation, and popular protests that began in the heat of the riots in Tunisia and Egypt, where the crackdown by security forces has caused dozens dead.

The disclaimer on the possible resignation of Saleh was made by a presidential source quoted by the Yemeni official news agency "Saba" which came out well to the passage of information disseminated by the Qatari television network Al Jazeera on the negotiations between the government and opposition representatives .

In this dialogue, as the chain, including Saleh's commitment to leave office in two months, transferred to the vice president and the formation of a national committee to oversee the transfer to the authorities that are subsequently elected in an election. This possibility was denied by the presidential source, who insisted that Saleh has always been inclined to a transfer of power "peaceful, democratic and civilized" This transfer of power, the source added, "only come through dialogue and framework of constitutional legitimacy and maintaining the unity of the motherland.

" On 22 March, Saleh was willing to leave office before the end of the year and after the parliamentary elections, in order to ensure "a constitutional transfer." Saleh is the president of Yemen since unification between north and south of 1990.

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