.- The party of Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will not sign an agreement to transfer power "closed" and instead calls for the creation of a public event that includes the leaders of the opposition. The statement released Sunday by the General People Congress (GPC), published by the official news agency SABA, came hours before Saleh was scheduled to sign the agreement and is another sign of a series of mixed signals on whether the president leaves office.
For its part, the Yemeni opposition on Saturday and signed a transition agreement brokered by the Gulf countries, which will facilitate the departure of President Saleh of power within one month, provided that this Sunday to ratify the agreement as promised. However, in the capital Sana'a, loyal to the president of Yemen have blocked the street leading to the airport and Tahrir Square, where the official seat of government, to reject an agreement to stop the power.
Men who carry the portrait of President Saleh built with rocks and wooden barricades near the presidential palace, where he was expected to sign the transition plan. Saleh has moved away from the signing of a pact at least twice before, in arguing a profound distrust of the opposition, who accused him of doing maneuvers "dirty" to delay his departure from power, after decades in office.
The opposition was met at the Exchange Square, the epicenter of anti-government movements in Yemen, and currently hold the largest demonstration that has been seen to this day in the country the US-backed agreement under the mediation of the Cooperation Council Gulf (GCC) establishes Saleh output in the next 30 days in exchange for legal immunity exempts the ruler of any criminal liability.
The Gulf Cooperation Council, grouping the neighboring oil-rich Yemen in the Gulf, has been leading mediation efforts between the Yemeni political forces. NGOs say more than 170 people have died in Yemen three months of protests. The president is facing mounting political pressure to sign, including the foreign ministers of the Gulf Council will meet on Sunday in Riyadh to discuss perspectives of Yemen after Saleh did not sign the agreement.
The president, who seemed willing to relinquish power after months of resistance, however warned the allies of Yemen that al Qaeda could exploit the political vacuum after his departure. 
For its part, the Yemeni opposition on Saturday and signed a transition agreement brokered by the Gulf countries, which will facilitate the departure of President Saleh of power within one month, provided that this Sunday to ratify the agreement as promised. However, in the capital Sana'a, loyal to the president of Yemen have blocked the street leading to the airport and Tahrir Square, where the official seat of government, to reject an agreement to stop the power.
Men who carry the portrait of President Saleh built with rocks and wooden barricades near the presidential palace, where he was expected to sign the transition plan. Saleh has moved away from the signing of a pact at least twice before, in arguing a profound distrust of the opposition, who accused him of doing maneuvers "dirty" to delay his departure from power, after decades in office.
The opposition was met at the Exchange Square, the epicenter of anti-government movements in Yemen, and currently hold the largest demonstration that has been seen to this day in the country the US-backed agreement under the mediation of the Cooperation Council Gulf (GCC) establishes Saleh output in the next 30 days in exchange for legal immunity exempts the ruler of any criminal liability.
The Gulf Cooperation Council, grouping the neighboring oil-rich Yemen in the Gulf, has been leading mediation efforts between the Yemeni political forces. NGOs say more than 170 people have died in Yemen three months of protests. The president is facing mounting political pressure to sign, including the foreign ministers of the Gulf Council will meet on Sunday in Riyadh to discuss perspectives of Yemen after Saleh did not sign the agreement.
The president, who seemed willing to relinquish power after months of resistance, however warned the allies of Yemen that al Qaeda could exploit the political vacuum after his departure.
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