SANA'A: United Nations special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar met with defected General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar on Monday as well as others high ranking military officers loyal to the revolution in a bid to push through the withering GCC-brokered proposal, which if signed would begin Yemen's transfer of power starting with Saleh's resignation from office. Benomar who on many occasions stressed the importance for all parties involved to move swiftly along as the country was in danger of literally imploding, said it was time to “speed up change in Yemen and begin a power transfer”. General Mohsen reaffirmed his support of the GCC proposal and the operational mechanism prepared by Benomar stating that it was the safest way forward. “Transfer of power from President Ali Abdullah Saleh to his deputy Abdu rabu Mansour Hadi is inevitable and is supported by international law,” said al-Ahmar after the meeting. Most importantly, the General criticized the regime continuous stalling policy as in his opinion president Saleh ws simply playing with the country's future, risking to tip it off into oblivion as rumors of civil war were growing stronger. He finally emphasized the fact that the international community had already sided with the revolution as proved by the 2014 UN Security Council resolution. BM
