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| Yemeni anti-government protesters in the capital Sana'a call for an end to the longtime rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. |
A Yemeni government official said late Monday that opposition leaders rejected the Council's new proposal that Saleh “should at first sign the deal as the chairman of the ruling party and then sign it as the president,” Xinhua reported.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met with the visiting [P]GCC Secretary General, Abdullatif al-Zayani, on Monday in the capital Sana'a to discuss the initiative to settle the ongoing standoff.
"What kind of achievement are we going to make if the ruling party remains our partner in the future?" said an unidentified opposition leader.
"Saleh should sign the deal in his capacity as president, otherwise we will not approve such a deal," he added.
Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out for regular demonstrations in Yemen's major cities since late January, calling for an end to corruption and unemployment and demanding the ouster of Saleh.
President Saleh has been in office since 1978 and recently rejected a plan proposed by the [P]GCC that offers him immunity in return for his resignation.
At least 300 protesters have been killed and thousands injured and detained during clashes with riot police and armed forces loyal to the Yemeni president since the beginning of the anti-regime demonstrations, according to local reports.
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