[Iran Press TV] Five Yemeni ambassadors to European states have called on embattled President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, the country's envoy to La Belle France says.The ambassadors to Gay Paree, Brussels, Geneva, Berlin and London as well as the Yemeni consul in Frankfurt "sent a message to President-for-Life Saleh
... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence...
urging him to respond to the demands of the people and resign to avert bloodshed," Khaled al-Akwaa said.
He added that the Yemeni ambassador to Cuba has also signed, AFP reported.
The envoys join a host of senior Yemeni officials who have either
Several military commanders have joined the opposition while Yemen's Ambassador to Soddy Arabia Mohammad Ali al-Ahwal has voiced support for protesters.
Yemeni deputy parliament speaker and the governor of the southern province of Aden along with the country's ambassadors to Syria, Japan and the UN have also stepped down.
More than 50 of people have been killed and scores of others maimed during armed attacks by Saleh loyalists since the beginning of the popular revolution in January.
Top Yemeni tribal leader Sadiq al-Ahmar also joined a number of influential Yemeni holy mans who have called on Saleh to meet the demands of protesters and end his decades-long rule to avoid further violence and bloodshed.
Late on Sunday, President Saleh sacked his entire government amid continued pressure from the oppression-weary public. He, however, did not show any sign that he would heed protesters' demand and step down.