[Yemen Post] Mohammed Naji al-Shaif, an influential tribal chief and Parliament member, said that the former ruling General People Congress party is gonging to nominate former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh's... 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...
eldest son, Ahmed, to represent it in the next presidential election set to take place in 2014.
In an interview with the state-run al-Jamohoria newspaper, al-Shaif revealed that Ahmed, 40, is set to run for presidency in 2014.
"For me I don't have any ambitions to run for President," he noted.
Speaking about the upcoming national dialogue, al-Shaif called on all political parties, and social factions to engage in the dialogue, considering it the only viable exit route of the current crisis that dragged for over a year.
He reaffirmed his willingness to stand by the Southern Movement if it chooses federalism, stressing that federalism is the best solution for the southern issue.
"If the upcoming national dialogue will not put Federalism on the table then there is no need to hold it,"
"The National Unity Government was not up to people's aspirations," al-Shaif said, adding that President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi should dismiss Mohammed Salem Basindoh's, the Prime Minister, government and form another unity government.
Apparently Saleh, 70, had stepped down only to give way to his son to succeed him.
Ahmed is the commander of the elite Elite Republican Guards, the best trained and equipped troops in the country.
After months of being defiant in the face of relentless, massive protests, Saleh, 70, was pressured to sign the GCC-brokered deal that eased him out of power in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
Although he relinquished power and another president took over, Saleh still somehow is pulling the strings of the country though his well-placed relatives and cronies