Sanaa: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has warned of a civil war in the country, saying attempts are being made to stage what he called a coup against his rule.
“Those who want to climb up to power through coups should know that this is out of the question. The homeland will not be stable, there will be a civil war, a bloody war,” he said.
Army officers expressed their support for pro-democracy protesters on Monday.
A senior EU official has predicted that the president “won’t last long”.
Hugues Mingarelli, of the European External Action Service’s Middle East office, told a European Parliament committee the Yemeni leader had lost too much support to stay in power.
“I don’t see how the president can hold on much longer, given the fact that part of the army, part of the tribal chiefs and part of his political allies have distanced themselves from him,” he said.
After some 50 protesters were shot dead at a demonstration in the capital, Sanaa, on Friday, President Saleh’s authority has been further undermined by a string of resignations.
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