[Yemen Post] The Joint Meeting Parties, the opposition bloc in Yemen, signed on Saturday a GCC-brokered power-sharing deal yet to bear the signature of President-for-Life Saleh... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence...
who insisted on concluding that early tomorrow morning.
"Sorry. Can't sign now. I'd like to but... ummm... I gotta hangnail. It's really painful."
The GCC Secretary General, Abdul Latif Al-Zayani, arrived in Yemen late today for a fourth visit to push the West-backed deal, which was unveiled in April.
"Perhaps Mr. al-Zayani wouldn't mind signing for me?"
Al-Zayani failed on his previous visits to secure the plan as Saleh backed twice from signing at the last minute.
"But the agreement sez 'The undersigned agrees to vacate the premises within 30 days!' If I do the signing, then I'm the one that's gotta vacate!"
President Saleh will ink it later tonight or tomorrow morning to resign in a month after 33 years in office.
"Okay. Give it here. I'm gonna go get a manicure. We'll see what I feel like tomorrow. Or Monday."