President: Power can be reached democratically through voting

SANA'A, Feb. 21
(Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday that whoever wants to reach
power has to
behave democratically through the ballot boxes either in the parliamentary or
presidential elections away from chaos.
In a press conference in Sana'a today, he said that "the Yemeni people is a great
nation and can differentiate between what is good and bad," adding "those people
are copying
others and the more concessions we provide, the more demands they ask for." We ask
those to come to dialogue table to make understanding clear, he said.
Saleh pointed out that the freedom of opinion is guaranteed by peaceful and
democratic means and those who demand the regime to leave, they should go for
voting boxes and
respect the will of the Yemeni people as power is a responsibility and not a merit.
The president said that "we provided a package of reforms but the JMP, in
particular, increased the ceiling of their demand to topple the regime which is
unacceptable."
He thanked security systems for stopping clashes between the opponents and supports
of the government, noting that they have strict directives not to use violence
except
in case of self protection.
The president expressed sorrow for what happened in Aden by some rioters who cased
harm to state and private properties.
AMAM