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Al-Janadi urges Saleh to step down from GPC
 [Yemen Post] Abdu Janadi, the spokesperson for the General People Congress Party (GPC) and one of the biggest aides of the former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... , called on Saleh himself to step down as the head of the GPC, which he founded and led since 1986.Al-Janadi called on Saleh to quit his post as the head of the GPC in order to give way to the new President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to lead the party.The paper said that Araf al-Zawka, a leading figure in the party, rejected al-Janadi's request while Saleh said that it's the party which can decides who remains and who leaves.According to sources, Saleh said his nephew, Tariq Mohammed Saleh, who was dismissed by a presidential decree early this month, does not want the job reassigned to him by Hadi. He was sacked from his post as the head of Presidential Guard, and reappointed as the commander of 3rd Armored Brigade.Tariq will lead the guards of his uncle, Saleh, who is still the head of the GPC, said the paper.Saleh and Hadi relationship has sharply deteriorated when Hadi refused to attend the meeting of the GPC party, which was headed by Saleh. Posted by: Fred 2012-04-26 |
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