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New Yemen era as Hadi takes over from Saleh
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February 28, 2012, Tuesday
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YEMEN'S new president was inaugurated yesterday, saying the impoverished Arab state faced a "complex and difficult phase" as his predecessor stood down after 33 years.
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took office after elections last week in which he was the sole candidate to replace longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"We stand before a complex and difficult phase," Hadi said at his inauguration, standing beside Saleh, who later handed him the Yemeni flag.
"The Yemeni people who turned out in their millions for early elections have sent a clear message of their desire for security and stability and change for the better. Today ... we receive a new leadership and we bid farewell to a leadership," he added.
The United States-backed power transfer plan was hammered out by Yemen's wealthy Gulf Arab neighbors, eager to end months of anti-Saleh protests that paralyzed the country for most of 2011.
Months of weakened central government control have been exploited by a regional wing of al-Qaida. A suicide bombing for which the militant network claimed responsibility killed at least 26 people last Saturday, hours after Hadi was sworn in.
Saleh has said he will stay on the political scene as leader of his General People's Congress party, casting doubt on his commitment to relinquishing power.
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took office after elections last week in which he was the sole candidate to replace longtime ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"We stand before a complex and difficult phase," Hadi said at his inauguration, standing beside Saleh, who later handed him the Yemeni flag.
"The Yemeni people who turned out in their millions for early elections have sent a clear message of their desire for security and stability and change for the better. Today ... we receive a new leadership and we bid farewell to a leadership," he added.
The United States-backed power transfer plan was hammered out by Yemen's wealthy Gulf Arab neighbors, eager to end months of anti-Saleh protests that paralyzed the country for most of 2011.
Months of weakened central government control have been exploited by a regional wing of al-Qaida. A suicide bombing for which the militant network claimed responsibility killed at least 26 people last Saturday, hours after Hadi was sworn in.
Saleh has said he will stay on the political scene as leader of his General People's Congress party, casting doubt on his commitment to relinquishing power.
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