Yemen’s Saleh May Quit in Swap for Immunity, Official Says
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Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to a plan brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council that would give him immunity in exchange for ceding power, a government official said.
Saleh would transfer power to a deputy within 30 days and hold elections 60 days after that, Tarik al-Shami, spokesman at the ruling General People’s Congress, said in a phone interview yesterday. The opposition must end its protests, accept immunity for Saleh and his aides and agree to all other terms of the GCC plan, al-Shami said.