Yemen’s President Saleh agrees to sign plan to transfer power, opposition says

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By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES

Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to sign a plan to transfer power to his deputy and end the crisis that has gripped the country since January, a senior opposition figure said on Monday.

“The negotiations that have been under way for the past three days have led to an agreement by which the Gulf initiative and mechanisms for implementing it will be signed on Tuesday,” Mohammed Bassandawa, head of the National Council of revolutionary forces, told AFP.

The plan submitted by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council calls on Saleh to hand power to his deputy, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, thus ending his 33-year rule in return for immunity from prosecution.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/21/178454.html

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1. He has promised twice before to sign such an agreement than changed his mind.

These dictators seem to do just about anything to hold on to power. Say anything, sign anything, so anything as long as it allows them to stall for time and retain power a little longer.

"On May 1 the GCC called off a signing ceremony because Saleh refused at the last minute to sign the document. A second ceremony on May 22 was also scrapped for the same reason."