Yemeni presidential elections planned for September 28

Presidential elections in Yemen will be held on September 28, before the end of the current term of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on October 5.

Official sources in the high committee for the elections said that the deputies council will anonunce opening the door for nominations for the presidential elections on July 8, and that it will declare that it is accepting requests from July 9 - 18, while the period from July 19 - 25 would be specified for examination of the candidates' files under the chairmanship of the deputies' council.

Sources said the deputies' council will present during the period from July 26 - August the names of those requesting nomination when constitutional conditions are satisfied.

The high committee for elections determined August 2 - September 27 as a period for organizing the electoral campaign for the candidates.

The ruling General Public Conference is expected to declare its nomine for president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, officially in July 1, while opposition parties chose a competitor whose name is not yet announced, although declarations made by the opposition announcing the nomination of Yassin Noman, one of the Socialist Party's leaders abroad.