Sana'a. .- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, has formally accepted a proposal by the Gulf countries to give up power, but did not stop today continued protests against his regime in various parts of the country. Deputy Information Minister Abdo El Guindi Efe reported that "the president has given final approval to the whole initiative of the Gulf (Persian) without conditions and under the U.S.
Constitution." According to El Guindi, the acceptance of Saleh "responds to U.S. and Saudi pressure to halt the crisis." The initiative, unveiled Thursday by a mission of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, provides that Saleh cede power to Vice President Abdi Rabo Mansour Hadi within thirty days.
Following this transfer, the plan states that presidential and parliamentary elections two months later. The proposal also provides for the formation of a unity government led by the opposition, to prepare the country for the holding of new elections, and an immediate halt to the demonstrations.
Yesterday, the political education of head of state, the Party of the General People's Congress, announced it had accepted the proposal of the GCC, but a presidential aide consulted by Efe, who requested anonymity, insisted that the ruling had not given its approval formal initiative. The opposition was ready to accept almost the entire proposal, unless it referred to the national unity government, and refusing to share a cabinet with Saleh.
Young Yemeni men grouped in the so-called Commission Organizational Yemen Youth Revolution, which leads the protests, threatened today with an "escalation" in their protests if Saleh does not relinquish power without conditions. In a statement, the organization expressed its "absolute rejection of any initiative that does not provide for the immediate resignation of Saleh and his family, and a trial against him and senior officials of his regime." It also called on "all Yemenis to increase the protests to set the zero hour of the fall of this government defunct, since the delay will cause more bloodshed and threaten social peace." And encouraged the opposition parties grouped in the Alliance Shared meeting to "stop participating in any initiative or dialogue with Saleh and his regime, and clearly demand the resignation immediately." In this regard, the note adds that "any plan or policy solution only encourage the extension of government." Meanwhile, thousands of people took to the streets today in different cities of Yemen to ask Saleh resign.
In Sanaa, thousands of Yemenis participated in two marches that swept the streets of the capital and then returned to the plaza "The Tagua" (change) at the University of Sana'a, without causing any violence. For its part, in Taiz, 257 kilometers southwest of the capital, at least four people were killed in clashes during a demonstration, a source of security services.
The source explained that three killed were opposition supporters, while the fourth was a follower of the president. The clashes were reported in the Al Chamaitin during a protest calling for the resignation of Saleh. The police intervened to stop clashes between worshipers and detractors of the head of state and dispersed the protesters with bullets in the air.
Since last January 27, Yemen has been the scene of sporadic demonstrations against Saleh's regime, which gained intensity from mid-February and now held daily. Saleh was the first president of North Yemen in 1978 and took over the Presidency of the Republic of Yemen after unification of the country in 1990, a post he was re-elected in 1999 and 2006. 
Constitution." According to El Guindi, the acceptance of Saleh "responds to U.S. and Saudi pressure to halt the crisis." The initiative, unveiled Thursday by a mission of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, provides that Saleh cede power to Vice President Abdi Rabo Mansour Hadi within thirty days.
Following this transfer, the plan states that presidential and parliamentary elections two months later. The proposal also provides for the formation of a unity government led by the opposition, to prepare the country for the holding of new elections, and an immediate halt to the demonstrations.
Yesterday, the political education of head of state, the Party of the General People's Congress, announced it had accepted the proposal of the GCC, but a presidential aide consulted by Efe, who requested anonymity, insisted that the ruling had not given its approval formal initiative. The opposition was ready to accept almost the entire proposal, unless it referred to the national unity government, and refusing to share a cabinet with Saleh.
Young Yemeni men grouped in the so-called Commission Organizational Yemen Youth Revolution, which leads the protests, threatened today with an "escalation" in their protests if Saleh does not relinquish power without conditions. In a statement, the organization expressed its "absolute rejection of any initiative that does not provide for the immediate resignation of Saleh and his family, and a trial against him and senior officials of his regime." It also called on "all Yemenis to increase the protests to set the zero hour of the fall of this government defunct, since the delay will cause more bloodshed and threaten social peace." And encouraged the opposition parties grouped in the Alliance Shared meeting to "stop participating in any initiative or dialogue with Saleh and his regime, and clearly demand the resignation immediately." In this regard, the note adds that "any plan or policy solution only encourage the extension of government." Meanwhile, thousands of people took to the streets today in different cities of Yemen to ask Saleh resign.
In Sanaa, thousands of Yemenis participated in two marches that swept the streets of the capital and then returned to the plaza "The Tagua" (change) at the University of Sana'a, without causing any violence. For its part, in Taiz, 257 kilometers southwest of the capital, at least four people were killed in clashes during a demonstration, a source of security services.
The source explained that three killed were opposition supporters, while the fourth was a follower of the president. The clashes were reported in the Al Chamaitin during a protest calling for the resignation of Saleh. The police intervened to stop clashes between worshipers and detractors of the head of state and dispersed the protesters with bullets in the air.
Since last January 27, Yemen has been the scene of sporadic demonstrations against Saleh's regime, which gained intensity from mid-February and now held daily. Saleh was the first president of North Yemen in 1978 and took over the Presidency of the Republic of Yemen after unification of the country in 1990, a post he was re-elected in 1999 and 2006.
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