President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Agrees to Resign

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh Agrees to Resign

Sanaa, Yemen, April 24, 2011 /WNCNews/ – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to resign within a few weeks in return for immunity from punishment, so that he would become the third leader of the Arabs, who were toppled this year by protests in the street.

 

But protesters, who had come down to the streets in the number of tens of thousands for months to demand the end of almost 33 years the power of Ali Abdullah Saleh, said that they will not end the demonstrations on the street until President Saleh actually put his position forever.

 

Many demonstrators are demanding the overthrow of Ali Abdullah Saleh had been killed in recent months of unrest among the Yemeni youth who were inspired by the rebellion in the North Africa and the Middle East, which dropped the leader in Tunisia and Egypt.

 

“There’s still a month until the president resigns and we suspect he could change his mind every time. We will not leave the arena until Saleh go, and we achieve our goal to establish a modern federal state,” said Mohammed Mr Sharafi, one activist demonstrators, on Sunday (4/24).

 

Ibrahim al-Ba’adani, an opposition activists in the city of Ibb, said that he was surprised that the official opposition has accepted the principle of immunity for Saleh. “We will continue to launch sit-in until the president goes,” he said.

 

Yemen, with 23 million residents, is one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, and protesters accused that Ali Abdullah Saleh has done corruption and wrong in ruling for several decades of power. Ali took over the position in North Yemen in 1978 and lead it into unification with separate state South Yemen in 1990.

 

In recent years, Ali positions himself as an ally of the United States against al-Qaeda, while fighting Shiite militants in the northern part of the country and the separatists in the south.

 

But after years of supporting Ali as a bulwark against instability and the activities of Al-Qaeda branch in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United States began pressing Ali, to negotiate the handover of his power.

 

His opponents accused him of using the security crisis that persists in the country to strengthen the circle inside. Crackdown on the demonstrations in the streets only adds to the anger of protesters.

 

On Saturday (4/23), Yemen’s ruling party and opposition had said that they had received the plans for the President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign in a few weeks and given immunity from punishment.

 

A plan which was drawn up by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which consists of Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, proposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power to his vice president a month after the agreement is signed with the opposition, and given immunity from prosecution for himself, his family and aides.

 

“The party in power tells the GCC foreign ministers about their acceptance of the full plan of the Gulf,” said party spokesman Tariq Shami.

[Jacaylbaro]

Another one bites the dust ................. Next please

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