.- The President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, today proposed the opposition to participate in a national unity government in a bid to end protests demanding his resignation, similar to those that take place in Libya, Bahrain and Oman . In the midst of the demonstrations that have shaken the country since February 11, Saleh proposed to participate in the new cabinet the opposition, but his party remains the key portfolios, said the president was quoted by the Yemeni news agency SABA.
The Yemeni President expressed his willingness to form a government of national unity 'within the next 24 hours "if the opposition alliance, which groups the five main opposition parties, presents its candidates. However, the opposition rejected the president's proposal, which is part of an eight-point plan with which the president responded to the protests demanding his resignation, and reiterated its demand that Saleh resign.
'The opposition decided to be with the people in order to end the regime, and you can not go back on this, "said Mohammed al-Sabry, a spokesman for the main opposition party, Islah. He made clear that in any way participate in a government that 'the demands of the people drown. " The opposition alliance called a 'Day of Rage' for around Yemen on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Saleh and protest police repression against demonstrators, which left 17 dead and hundreds injured.
Under the eighteenth straight day of protests, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Monday in several cities in the north and south of the country to demand an end to the Saleh regime, in power for 32 years. Demonstrations to demand a change of government also continued Monday in Oman and Bahrain.
In Oman, dozens of protesters tried to storm on Monday a police station in Sohar, 200 km north of Muscat, before being dispersed with tear gas by the security forces as part of the third day of protests. The Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman offer democratic reforms and ordered the release of dissidents arrested during recent protests in which at least six people have died, unable to discourage demonstrations.
In Bahrain, hundreds of people protested outside parliament to demand democratic reforms in the country, ruled by a monarchy. However, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, said that calm has returned to the Persian Gulf kingdom, so the conditions to start negotiations with the opposition. 
The Yemeni President expressed his willingness to form a government of national unity 'within the next 24 hours "if the opposition alliance, which groups the five main opposition parties, presents its candidates. However, the opposition rejected the president's proposal, which is part of an eight-point plan with which the president responded to the protests demanding his resignation, and reiterated its demand that Saleh resign.
'The opposition decided to be with the people in order to end the regime, and you can not go back on this, "said Mohammed al-Sabry, a spokesman for the main opposition party, Islah. He made clear that in any way participate in a government that 'the demands of the people drown. " The opposition alliance called a 'Day of Rage' for around Yemen on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Saleh and protest police repression against demonstrators, which left 17 dead and hundreds injured.
Under the eighteenth straight day of protests, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Monday in several cities in the north and south of the country to demand an end to the Saleh regime, in power for 32 years. Demonstrations to demand a change of government also continued Monday in Oman and Bahrain.
In Oman, dozens of protesters tried to storm on Monday a police station in Sohar, 200 km north of Muscat, before being dispersed with tear gas by the security forces as part of the third day of protests. The Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman offer democratic reforms and ordered the release of dissidents arrested during recent protests in which at least six people have died, unable to discourage demonstrations.
In Bahrain, hundreds of people protested outside parliament to demand democratic reforms in the country, ruled by a monarchy. However, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, said that calm has returned to the Persian Gulf kingdom, so the conditions to start negotiations with the opposition.
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- Outside Yemen's capital, anger and grievances run deep (01/03/2011)
- Yemen wild card: Tribal loyalties - Christian Science Monitor (01/03/2011)
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