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Yemen President Could Stay after February 2014
[An Nahar] Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi could stay in power after his term ends in February 2014 due to delays in implementing a transition agreement, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said Tuesday.Hadi was elected for a two-year interim period in February 2012, after his predecessor 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... signed a power transfer deal bowing to a year-long uprising against his 33-year rule. "There is a campaign by certain parties aiming at causing trouble ... These argue that the president's legitimacy expires with the end of the transitional period in February 2014," U.N. special envoy Jamal Benomar told Agence La Belle France Presse, in reference to Saleh's supporters. "But the power transfer agreement signed in November 2011 states that the transition period ends when all its milestones are completed," he added. Last month, Hadi said national dialogue talks aimed at drawing up a new constitution and preparing for elections would be resolved within days. The talks had been due to end on September 18, but they have been delayed by disagreements about the number of regions that will make up the future state. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-20 |
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