[Yemen Post] Former Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... 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...
demanded that his tribal and military foes leave the country based on an agreement struck in May last year in Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi's, the current President, house.
Saleh stipulated that he would not leave the country unless ten of his prominent opponents leave as well. Chief among his opponents are Ali Mohsen al-Hmar, a key military general and his cousin who defected against him and pledged support to the revolution, and Sadeq al-Hmar, Hashed tribal confederation chief, whose supporters were involved in a fierce war against Saleh's loyal forces in May last year before he [ Saleh] was badly maimed in an liquidation attempt.
He said Yemen can not restore stability and security as long as the elements of the one-year political impasse stay in the country. The GCC-brokered deal signed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh did not include such stipulation.
Media outlets reported Thursday citing a high-ranking government official that Saleh is trying to spoil the GCC-initiated accord as he is well know for his adept political maneuvering and not honoring his words. After exhausting every trick, Saleh signed power transfer deal in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in exchange for immunity from prosecution. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
he appears unable to get that his days in power are over. Even though he surrendered power, his relatives and aides still hold key military and governmental posts.