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| UN envoy Arrives in Sana'a |
| 2011-10-25 |
| [Yemen Post] As President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... seems to be stuck in between a rock and a hard place, having to not only face an increasing popular uprising but also the disapproval of most of his formers international allies, he is claiming to want to negotiate with the Opposition. Following the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution demanding his immediate resignation from the presidency, Saleh announced through his front man, al-Ganadi that he welcomed the decision adding he would react "positively" to the UN wishes. Today, he welcomed a UN envoy, assuring all parties that he is ready to sit down and talk to his opponents. "The Yemeni president... expressed his readiness to sit down immediately at the dialogue table with the Joint Meeting Parties (opposition parties) and its partners to complete the dialogue over the operational mechanism for the (Gulf) initiative as quickly as possible and to reach the final signing of the initiative and its immediate implementation, leading to early presidential elections on a date agreed upon by all," said a statement carried by the Yemeni news agency SABA. Despite this new change of tone and Saleh's apparent willingness to comply with his people and the UN wishes, many politicians on both sides remain skeptical since he made similar claims in the past, always debunking at the last minute. Furthermore, this new round of negotiations comes amidst further attack on protesters and violent shelling campaigns against troops loyal to the revolution. As the UN envoy is meeting up with 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... , his armed forces are pounding the southern city of Taiz with mortar shells in broad day light, bringing more terror and destruction to its inhabitants. Yesterday, several people died in the capital, either shot down by snipers or struck by shells in their home. In such a climate, one can wonder how ever in the world one could hope to negotiate a peaceful transfer of power. |
| Posted by:Fred |