Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 00:12:43 +0100
US 'orders' Saleh to leave Yemen
Wednesday Nov 05, 201411:13 PM GMT
The United States has "ordered" Ali Abdullah Saleh, the ousted Yemeni
dictator, to leave the Arab country by Friday or face UN sanctions, a report
says.
According to The Associated Press, Saleh's General People's Congress
political party said in a statement issued on Wednesday that Matthew H.
Tueller, the US ambassador to Yemen, told its officials that the former
ruler had to leave Yemen before 5:00 p.m. Friday, otherwise "sanctions will
be imposed against him".
"This is a blatant intervention in Yemen's internal affairs," the party
said. "It's rejected and unacceptable."
Saleh, who ruled Yemen for 33 years, also angrily dismissed the alleged US
demand. "The man has not been created or given birth by his mother yet to
tell Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave his country," Saleh wrote on his Facebook
page.
He was a close ally of the United States for decades and enjoyed
Washington's support in his crackdown on dissent in 2011.
Saleh stepped down in February 2012 under a US-backed power transfer deal in
return for immunity, after a year of mass street demonstrations demanding
his ouster.
His vice president, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, replaced him on February 25, 2012
following a single-candidate presidential election backed by the United
States and Saudi Arabia.
Ousted Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh
Ousted Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh
Wed Nov 5, 2014 8:59PM GMT
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