Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has presented a proposal Thursday that would have the embattled leader to resign within 30 days in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
The proposal came from the cooperation Council for the Gulf (GCC) Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani, who met with Mr. Saleh in Sanaa to deliver the last bid to end nearly three months of political deadlock. The President has not yet responded, and it is difficult to know whether it will accept.
According to a Yemeni Government official, the plan is based on an initiative American and European, known as the Plan of 30-60. It offers immunity for Saleh and his family if he selects a new Deputy, transferring executive powers and resigned from his post in 30 days. Elections are scheduled for 60 days after the departure of Saleh.
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The CGC is led by Saudi Arabia, most major donor of the Yemen and the only country to contribute to the direct budgetary support, adds pressure on Saleh. While this is not the first GCC attempt to negotiate the eviction of the Saleh, the new proposal may gain ground because it would allow him to choose his successor and have immunity.
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"We have accepted immunity, and we have made a significant sacrifice by agreeing that the President will transfer power to a Deputy Minister of his choice." The only condition that we propose is that the Assistant is not a member of his family, adds Mr. Qahtan.
Rapid GCC deteriorationThe initiative, which is not the first attempt to negotiate the eviction of the Saleh, recently in social and economic tensions mount across the country. The value of the local currency has collapsed since the protests began in January and a gas crisis has left many unable to cook food or fuel vehicles. More than 100 anti-government protesters were killed in a series of brutal repression by Saleh regime. Three demonstrators were killed in clashes with security as early as Tuesday.
Already the nation in the Arab world and the home of the most active Al Qaeda franchise in the poorest region, rapid deterioration of these last months of the Yemen led the members of the international community to seek a rapid resolution to the crisis to prevent new destabilization.
Disorders of the country was discussed Tuesday in the Security Council of the United Nations. Although the 15 nation Council do not agree on a unified statement, German Ambassador Peter Wittig said media that most of the members expressed support for the efforts of the GCC.
But Saleh will agree to resign?Even if the international community and the members of the opposition are ready to adopt the final plan, there is little indication that Saleh himself is ready to resign.
"We will continue to resist... unwavering and committed to constitutional legitimacy, while rejecting the plots and coups d'etat,"Saleh said to a crowd of supporters on Wednesday."."
"Those who want to have the President of the power obtained through the ballot box", he added.
For months, the President has varied between conciliatory and defiant. Thursday, he said that it welcomed the efforts of the GCC to resolve Yemena€ ? s crisis, the State-run press agency Saba.
The decision of the General People's Congress Party will issue a response within 24 hours, according to a Government press release.
Regardless of whether if Saleh accepted the proposal, could not put an end to the demonstrations in the sprawling city attempts of the capital known as square of change.
"We consider this as direct foreign intervention in the Yemeni Affairs" said Adel al-Surabi, a leader of the student coalition credited for launching the protest movement. "We are not interested in exchange of a leader for the next, keeping a system where all the power remains in the hands of one man.". We want a parliamentary system, and we will continue until we achieve it. ?
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