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GPC denies news about Saleh's departure
 [Yemen Post] The General People Congress has denied the news posted on Sunday about the leave of the former 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... to the United Arab Emirate and that he was pressured to depart. Al-Moatamar net, the mouthpiece of the GPC, said that the news were baseless, pointing out that such news only serve those authorities that want to break down the GCC-drawn power transfer deal. Rooters quoted Yemeni diplomatic sources on Sunday as saying that Saleh will leave Yemen temporarily after Gulf states leaned on him to get out of the way of his successor to ease tension complicating efforts to stabilize the country. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... Saleh received on Monday the UN Envoy Jamal Benomar amid allegations that his nephew, Tariq Mohammad Abdullah Saleh who runs the Special Forces and the 3rd Brigade, still refuses decrees of president Abdu Rabou Mansour Hadi of his dismissal. According to Al-Moatamar Net, Benomar discussed with Saleh Yemen's updates and preparations for holding an inclusive national dialogue conference. Media sources said on Monday that Benomar gave Saleh's relatives an ultimatum of two days to implement Hadi's decrees and threatened them of imposing international sanctions of they insisted on their positions. The sources said Saleh asked Hadi to appoint his Tariq as a commander of the brigade and task the brigade to guard him, indicating that Hadi refused the demands of Saleh. Hadi held meetings on Sunday with ambassadors of states oversee Yemen's power transfer and informed them about Tariq's continuous refusal to his decrees, media sources reported. Hadi had appointed Tariq as a commander of the 37th Brigade in the southern governorate of Hadhramout, but he refused that and insisted to stay in his positions as a commander of the Special Forces and the 3rd Brigade. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-02 |
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