Yemen's ruling party has re-elected the country's long-serving President Ali Abdullah Saleh as its head, in a move analysts said signalled he was likely to seek a new term. Saleh, who has ruled Yemen since unification in 1990 after 12 years as president of North Yemen, had indicated he would not seek re-election as president in 2006 and pave the way for political change in the poor Arab state.Delegates at the convention of the ruling General People's Congress, held on Friday in the southern port city of Aden, voted for Saleh to continue as party leader, and elected Prime Minister Abdul Qader Bajammal as the new secretary-general. "Saleh's re-election is a strong indication that he may run again next year. But Bajammal's election is likely to mean he will be replaced as prime minister as traditionally the premier does not hold such a high party post," a Yemeni analyst said.