Several thousand people demonstrated in Sanaa Friday, April 22 to demand the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose supporters staged another march in the Yemeni capital. Protesters converged on the center of the city as every Friday, the day of the weekly prayer gatherings became political rivals.
Anti-Saleh came in number for this "Friday the last chance", while supporters of the president showed, their number for a "Friday the reconciliation." Forces of the army and police have been deployed en masse to prevent clashes between tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of seats separated by a few kilometers.
"In the neighborhood: no negotiation, no dialogue," could be read on posters tree by anti-regime demonstrators, apparently making reference to a plan to end the crisis in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC ). The Yemen Embassy in Washington confirmed Thursday that President Saleh had received the proposal with the secretary general of the GCC, Abdellatif Al-Zayani.
"We welcome the initiative of the GCC and we will deal sympathetically, as part of the Yemeni Constitution," he told his supporters. The plan of the GCC, in its current form, calls for the resignation of Mr. Saleh within one month after acceptance of his plan, while its mandate is scheduled for completion in 2013.
The proposal provides for "the enactment of an amnesty law," providing guarantees that the president will not be worried after his departure from power. "Youth of the peaceful revolt," one of the instigators of the protest groups, rejected the proposal of the GCC, because "it does not include an immediate departure of Saleh," main demand of the protest, and "offering protection and his family and relatives, who are murderers.
" In their statement, they also call for a general strike across the country Saturday. The clashes erupted because of the refusal of the army to relocate the camp of the Republican Guard installed for years on a mountain overlooking the villages of the region, and considered by inhabitants as a "provocation." The clashes continued intermittently into the night, and the military tried in vain to push the tribesmen who had surrounded their camp, witnesses said. 
Anti-Saleh came in number for this "Friday the last chance", while supporters of the president showed, their number for a "Friday the reconciliation." Forces of the army and police have been deployed en masse to prevent clashes between tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of seats separated by a few kilometers.
"In the neighborhood: no negotiation, no dialogue," could be read on posters tree by anti-regime demonstrators, apparently making reference to a plan to end the crisis in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC ). The Yemen Embassy in Washington confirmed Thursday that President Saleh had received the proposal with the secretary general of the GCC, Abdellatif Al-Zayani.
"We welcome the initiative of the GCC and we will deal sympathetically, as part of the Yemeni Constitution," he told his supporters. The plan of the GCC, in its current form, calls for the resignation of Mr. Saleh within one month after acceptance of his plan, while its mandate is scheduled for completion in 2013.
The proposal provides for "the enactment of an amnesty law," providing guarantees that the president will not be worried after his departure from power. "Youth of the peaceful revolt," one of the instigators of the protest groups, rejected the proposal of the GCC, because "it does not include an immediate departure of Saleh," main demand of the protest, and "offering protection and his family and relatives, who are murderers.
" In their statement, they also call for a general strike across the country Saturday. The clashes erupted because of the refusal of the army to relocate the camp of the Republican Guard installed for years on a mountain overlooking the villages of the region, and considered by inhabitants as a "provocation." The clashes continued intermittently into the night, and the military tried in vain to push the tribesmen who had surrounded their camp, witnesses said.
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