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Yemen’s Saleh Vows to Return to Vote
February 08, 2012

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to people protesting his presence in the United States as he exits his hotel in New York on Sunday. Saleh arrived in the United States on Jan. 28 for treatment of burns he suffered during an assassination attempt in June. (AP Photo) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to people protesting his presence in the United States as he exits his hotel in New York on Sunday. Saleh arrived in the United States on Jan. 28 for treatment of burns he suffered during an assassination attempt in June. (AP Photo)
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Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in New York for medical treatment after agreeing to step down following months of protests, has vowed to return to vote in presidential polls, state media said.

Saleh told visitors that he would “participate” in the snap election on Feb. 21, in which his deputy Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi is the sole candidate, Saba state news agency reported late on Tuesday.

He said he is in “good health,” it added.

US officials had said that Saleh would not return to Yemen until after the referendum-like election, stipulated by a Gulf plan to confirm Hadi as a president for a two-year term.

Saleh signed the Gulf initiative on Nov. 23 after months of stalling, handing over power to Hadi to implement the plan and organise an early election within a 90-.-day period.

Saleh, who has been in New York since late January for medical treatment for injuries from a June bomb blast, remains honorary president until Hadi is elected president.

Agence France-Presse