Yemen president authorizes deputy to negotiate power transfer

CNN News, By the CNN Wire Staff, September 12, 2011

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been in Saudi Arabia for
more than three months (file photo).

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Vice President Abd Rabo Mansou Hadi has the authority to negotiate transfer, Saleh says
• President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been in Saudi Arabia recuperating from a bomb attack

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has authorized his vice president to negotiate a transfer of power with opposition parties, the state-run SABA News Agency reported Monday.

Vice President Abd Rabo Mansou Hadi has "the constitutional authority to conduct a dialogue with the signatories of the initiative made by the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States," Saleh said in a presidential decree published by SABA.

RELATED TOPICS

• Yemen
• Ali Abdullah Saleh

The president, who has been in Saudi Arabia recuperating from a bomb attack for more than three months, said he was acting "to reach a political solution to the current political crisis and in order to preserve Yemen's unity, security and stability."

Journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this report.

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