Yemen: Presidency Next Seven Years · Global Voices
Haitham Sabbah

Omar Barsawad admire and respect his President, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yet, Omar felt both frustrated and relieved at Saleh's decision to run again for presidency. “Frustration, in that: by not standing he would have done an unprecedented, unheard of thing in the Arab World! And become a pioneer and role model! Only Sudan's General Siwar Al-Dhahab, in the Arab World, had peacefully given up power before. I was relieved, in that: Yemen, and I, would still have him leading!” Omar said.