The Arab Spring ended for the Yemenis

"Landep News"

The Arab Spring ended for the Yemenis on Saturday, as the newly elected president of Yemen, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, was sworn in as the president following the official hand over of power by Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had been the president of the country for 33 years.
The event follows elections held in Yemen a week ago, with Hadi as the only candidate for president, a fact that was seen as a lack of democracy, but also as a sign of stability, since more than one candidate would have triggered a campaign with violent aspects, considering that the society in Yemen is divided by three decades of authoritarian rule.
Hadi’s term is, under the agreement former president Saleh brokered with the Gulf Cooperation Council, of two years, during which time a new constitution would be drafted and democratic election be held.
Ali Abdullah Saleh is also allowed, according to the same agreement to go into exile with his cronies, members of his former elite, to leave the country without any prosecution against him. Sources in Sanaa said on Monday that there were problems with finding a country to go to exile to, since not many are eager to receive him. Sources said that Ethiopia agreed to take him in.
Saleh arrived to Yemen on Saturday from the United States, where he received medical treatment for the wounds during the assassination attempt made against him in June. Soon after the assassination attempt, Saleh went to Saudi Arabia for treatment, and the people in Yemen hoped he would not come back anymore.
When he made an unexpected comeback, the protests were resumed, and more casualties were made. People in the streets of Sanaa protested the agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council, demanding that Saleh be held accountable for the dead during the unrest.
The former president agreed to the proposal of the Gulf countries only after he received assurances from the United States and the European countries that the arrangement would not be attacked and altered in justice, and that he and his cronies would not be prosecuted after the regime change in Yemen.
The agreement became a resolution of the United Nations in spite of the opposition to it of the people of Yemen. U.N. demanded Saleh to leave in the wake of the bloody events that shook Libya in October, when the former leader of this African country was killed by the rebels.
On Saturday, Saleh handed over to Hadi the banner of Yemen and said he was handing over to safe hands the banner of the revolution, of the republic, of the freedom, of security and stability. He also called on Yemenis to united behind their new leader.
Opposition Members of the Parliament boycotted the ceremony because of the presence of the former president. The new president is expected to approach difficult issues as widespread poverty, malnutrition, a secessionist movement in the south, rebellion against the country and the influence of al-Qaeda in the poorest country of the Gulf.
Hadi promised to do his best to bring home thousands of internal refugees who were displaced by the fighting between governmental troops and rebels. The new president said that fighting al-Qaeda is a national and religious duty.

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