Saleh Calls For Early Yemen Elections -- Al JazeeraYemeni leader's call for polls comes a day after pledging again to sign GCC-sponsored deal to end his decades-long rule.
Yemen's president has called for early presidential elections, a day after making yet another promise to sign a deal that would end his decades-long rule.
Speaking to supporters after Friday prayers in the capital, Sanaa, Ali Abdullah Saleh said that he wanted to hold an early election to end the country's political crisis.
"We call for an early presidential election in a democratic way, in order to avoid bloodshed," Saleh told thousands of supporters.
Saleh also appeared to lay the groundwork for his followers to prepare to relinquish some control over government.
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