Saleh Still The Man Of Choice

The 28 year long reign of President Saleh is set to continue for another seven years, having emerged from the presidential poll with 4.1mn votes or 77.17% of the popular vote. In power since 1979, as president of North Yemen and then leader of unified Yemen in 1990, 64 year old Saleh had insisted until July that he was stepping down, only to announce his candidacy following 'spontaneous' demonstrations by loyalists calling for him to stand again. Saleh's re-election was largely guaranteed and thus expected given his party's stranglehold over state institutions and access to its resources. However, the contest

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