Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh accused of sabotaging power transfer deal | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
clip from article:His opponents demand the removal of all of Saleh's relatives from top security positions. Huge crowds of protesters have called for Saleh himself to be put on trial for the killing of hundreds of protesters, though the power transfer deal gives him immunity from prosecution.
Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi told his new national unity government on Sunday, in its first official session, that the power transfer agreement, engineered by Yemen's powerful gulf Arab neighbors, must be implemented soon.
"We need to move vigorously and effectively to implement the gulf initiative and its mechanisms," he said.
The new government's first task is to push through the law shielding Saleh from prosecution for alleged corruption and for violence against protesters. Saleh made that a condition for signing the deal to relinquish power after 33 years of rule. [ read more at link]
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