http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Saleh announce new initiative includes new constitution, Gov't [The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 10/03/2011] President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced in the First National Conference held in Sana'a on Thursday a new initiative to lift Yemen out of the current political crisis.

President Saleh initiative includes forming a committee from Parliament and Shura Councils political powers, social society figures and youths to prepare a new constitution based on separation of powers to be brought to vote by the end of 2011.
The initiative includes transferring government power to an elected parliamentary system by the end 2011, shifting the local authority to full-power local ruling, establish Yemeni regions on the grounds of economic and geographical criteria and prepare a new election law includes proportional representation in addition to forming a new government of national unity. The president called on the parliament to convene to prepare and approve the election law, ordering the government to meet with the demands of all the youth demonstrators.