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Yemen Clerics, Elders Urge Immediate Ouster of President, Threaten to Lead Protests
2011-04-16
[Yemen Post] The Yemeni holy men, elders and social dignitaries on Thursday urged President-for-Life Saleh and his relatives who hold senior posts in the civil and military systems to resign immediately.

In a statement following their meeting in Sana'a chaired by sheikh Sadiq Al-Ahmer, they warned that unless the public demand calling for an immediate ouster of the regime is not met, they will lead protests and sit-ins in various Yemeni provinces to oust the regime.

The peaceful uprising will be the safety valve for local, regional and international security as it will work with the international community to dry up the terrorism sources, the statement said.

Furthermore, it urged to give priority to the south issue when the new united Yemeni state is established based on equal citizenship and national partnership and also to give priority to rebuilding Saada, treating those who were maimed in the war there and restoring peace in this province.

" We reject any initiative by our brothers and friends that does not clearly call for meeting the demands of the peaceful revolution topped by the immediate resignation of President Saleh," they said.

The current regime lost its legitimacy to rule when the popular uprising started and continued to kill the protesters calling for its ouster and the legitimacy was also lost due to violating the constitution, traditional rules and human accords, they added.

The meeting called on the Yemeni tribes and social dignitaries to prepare a loyalty and fraternization document to be the reference for all Yemenis topped by the tribes to avoid civil war. The call came after the holy mans and elders obtained information that arms had been given to militias inside urban and rural areas within the regime dirty schemes to incite chaos.

" The Yemeni holy mans, social dignitaries and security authorities must assume their responsibility towards the attacks against the peaceful antigovernment protesters," they said, calling on the judicial authorities to protect the public funds.

Finally, they strongly refused to give immunity that may prevent investigations into the massacres of the protesters because seeking justice is a lawful right of the relatives of the victims.
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