Monday, May 23, 2011

For the third time, the Yemeni president refuses to sign the transitional agreement

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is concealed, Sunday, May 22, the signing of an agreement for a peaceful transition in Yemen that the opposition was signed Saturday. He confirmed he would not sign the agreement in the presence of the oppositon. "I will not sign that if the opposition comes to the presidential palace," he said during a televised speech.

"If they do not bend and they want to drag the country into civil war, they will assume liability and responsibility for the blood that flowed and will flow as long as they persist in their stupidity," he also reported. In the afternoon of Sunday, supporters of Saleh surrounded the embassy of the UAE where Western ambassadors met with the mediator of the GCC.

They were evacuated by helicopter and the Ombudsperson has left the country. In the street, supporters of the Head of State, armed with sticks had also blocked the main arteries of Sanaa, which exits leading to the presidential palace. The spokesman of the opposition Yemeni, Mohamed Qahtan, urged Saudi Arabia and the United States to put pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh objected to get him to sign.

"Only the United States and Saudi Arabia are able to pressure him," said Qahtan. "If they tell him clearly that he will be responsible for the failure of mediation, he will sign," he added. Earlier in the day, Mr. Qahtan had said that if Saleh continued to refuse to sign, the rebellion would intensify and [end up] by being ousted from power.

" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had called Mr. Saleh to "respect its commitment" to relinquish power. For their part, the GCC monarchies "have given until Sunday mid-day to Mr. Saleh to sign," according to the opposition. 180 DEAD Yemen is shaken in January by a popular protest of the regime of Mr.

Saleh, in power for nearly 33 years, accused of nepotism and corruption. The revolt has killed 180 people, according to a statement from the. Mr. Saleh had been refused at the last minute Wednesday to sign the transitional agreement, according to the opposition. The GCC plan, developed with the assistance of the United States and the European Union, provides training through the opposition of a government of reconciliation and resignation a month later Mr.

Saleh in exchange for immunity for himself and his family, then a presidential election within 60 days.

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