People’s General Congress (PGC) leaders demand that President Ali Abdullah Saleh be the PGC’s candidate for Yemen’s presidential elections scheduled for September 2006, as the ruling party’s seventh conference draws nearer. | Too bad. Saleh had the chance to be that rarest of critters, an Arab elder statesman. If he accepts — and my first guess is that he will — he's just another president-for-life... |
No hint to President’s Saleh nomination was included in the conference’s agenda, but the current situation indicates adherence of PGC representatives to Saleh’s candidacy. They urged him to come back on his decision not take part in 2006 presidential elections. Ali Abdullah Saleh, PGC President has recently returned from the Islamic Summit held in Mecca to supervise the ongoing election maneuverings in the party’s seventh conference in Aden.