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| Opposition Welcomes Power Deal in Yemen |
| 2011-04-24 |
| [Yemen Post] Hours after the government officially accepted the GCC new proposal to tackle the Yemeni crisis, the Joint Meeting Parties, the opposition coalition, said on Saturday it had accepted the Gulf initiative too. The coaltion held a meeting today that discussed the proposal and gave up the term of forming a national unity government led by the opposition, front man for the coalition said. " We agreed that the General People's Congress, the governing party, forms the national unity government from the government, the opposition and other political forces on condition the protests continue on the streets," said Muhammad Qahtan. Furthermore, the new initiative also called for giving immunity for Saleh and his regime from prosecution after leaving office, he said. For his part, Sultan Al-Atwani, Secretary General of the Nasserite Unionist People's Organization, said that the proposal was welcomed in general, but the outright approval depends on accepting comments on some terms in the GCC-brokered deal. Accepting the deal, Saleh warned on Saturday of civil war unless the current crisis is tackled. In his speech to deans, commanders and students in the military and security colleges, Saleh accused his foes of receiving funds from unnamed countries to incite chaos and oust the regime. " The Joint Meeting Parties receive dirty money to topple the government, and those who joined them from the ruling party were agents for the opposition," he said. " We are very interested in preventing bloodshed because the Yemeni blood is very precious and the opposition can't drag us to killing each other. Civil war will not only affect Yemen, but also the whole region and the international security," he added. I am ready to quit but according to the constitution which stipulated change through the ballot boxes and free elections, he said, adding that the JMP is seeking to reach power through ignoring reality and democracy. "Change is necessary but through peaceful means and without destruction or sabotage. The demands of the youths, who are on the streets, are the people's demands and I truly support these demands and suggest that the youth form their own political party," said Saleh, who is facing mounting internal and external pressure to sted down amid the escalating protests across the republic. Meanwhile, ...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the antigovernment protesters strongly rejected the proposal, saying it did not call for an immediate ouster of the regime. Whatever the regime and the opposition reach or act, this never means we agree with them or we accept to abandon our demands, said a front man for the youth revolution outside Sana'a University. Our demands are very clear and the GCC proposal did not call for meeting them immediately and directly; hence, we will continue our strife until our demands were met, said Hosam Al-Sharjabi. |
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