... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower...
does not have the right to step down without informing the leadership of the General People's Congress, the ruling party, of such a decision, assistant secretary general of the party Sultan Al-Barakani said on Wednesday.
"Youse just don't quit da organization, y'know..."
In an interview with Alsaeeda TV, he said that President-for-Life Saleh
... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence...
, who being treated in Soddy Arabia after he survived an liquidation attempt inside his palace in June, will lose if he ignores his party and decides alone to leave office.
The ruling party is not a mere institutional organization, rather President Saleh has the first decision that strongly affects the status of the party, he made clear.
"What is happening in Yemen including month-long sit-ins and protests in downtown main cities is just imitation of the situations in Tunisia and Egypt," he said, hoping the current crisis will end in Ramadan because the status of Yemen is different from Tunisia's and Egypt's.
Furthermore, Al-Barakani attacked the Yemeni Mohammedan brotherhood or Islah Party saying it is not strong, but is skilled of conspiring, killing and misleading the public opinion. "What has been happening over the past six months exposed this party and made many people in the country change their minds to believe that Islah Party is losing.