Yemen's opposition candidate for the September presidential election, Faisal Bin Shamlan, submitted his candidacy to Parliament yesterday, three days after the country's president publicly mocked his nomination. Bin Shamlan, 72, was accompanied by leading officials from the main opposition parties when he arrived at Parliament to register his candidacy. Five major opposition parties have jointly nominated the independent politician and former Oil Minister Bin Shamlan as their presidential candidate.| He's a sacrificial lamb, of course, but at least Saleh has an opponent. He coulda been a contendah... |