【新唐人2011年5月23日讯】也门总统萨利赫星期日（5月22号）参加了他所在的业门执政党-人民大会党签署海湾合作委员会调解协议的仪式，但是萨利赫再次拒绝签署辞职协议。萨利赫的支持者武装包围了阿联酋驻也门大使馆，使海湾合作委员会的负责人、美国及欧洲大使无法离开。同时，大批民众走上街头，要求萨利赫立即辞职。
当天，萨利赫的支持者和反对者都举行了游行示威，萨利赫号召支持者在协议签署后再将其推翻。支持者们在签字仪式之前武装包围了阿联酋驻业门大使馆的道路，并封锁了大使馆的入口，企图阻止大使馆内的海湾合作委员会负责人、美国及欧洲大使出席签字仪式，后来这些外交人员乘直升机离开。
与此同时，已经持续三个月的反政府游行也在继续进行，吸引了上万人参加。
一名反政府示威者：“我们会在这里示威, 直到所有关于改革的要求都得到满足，而不仅仅是让这个政权倒台。赶走这个政权是最主要的，但是我们会将游行进行下去，直到改革的要求得到满足。”
从抗议萨利赫的活动开始以来，政府和民众的冲突中已有170多人丧生。
在海合会对也门局势的最新调解方案里，据悉包括萨利赫在30天内宣布辞职、他及家人将享有豁免权等。此前海合会两次提出的也门局势调解协议都被萨利赫拒绝了。
新唐人记者林一综合报导。
StoryWestern and Gulf diplomats failed on Sunday (May 22) to persuade Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a deal that would ease him out of power and make him the third Arab leader ousted by popular protests, diplomats said.
Saleh, a political survivor who had already twice backed out of signing at the last minute, was under intense diplomatic pressure to seal the Gulf-brokered deal to end three months of protests against his rule.One of the diplomats told Reuters it had failed.
A Gulf diplomat said the Gulf Cooperation Council bloc of Yemen’s wealthy oil-exporting neighbours may withdraw its initiative as a result.
Yemeni TV on Sunday broadcast pictures of members of the ruling General People’s Congress signing the agreement in the presence of Saleh, who did not put pen to paper.
A representative of the GPC’s political ally, the National Democratic Alliance was also seen signing.
In a television address, Saleh indicated he would not sign unless the opposition, which had signed the deal on Saturday (May 21), attending a signing ceremony at the presidential palace, something they refused to do.
“The President said, ‘yes, I will sign if the opposition come public (presidential) palace’, as they are going to be partners in the transitional government," Saleh said.
The deal would have given Saleh immunity from prosecution, ensuring a dignified exit after nearly 33 years at the helm of the Arabian Peninsula state, located on a shipping lane through which 3 million barrels of oil pass every day.
Hundreds of armed Saleh loyalists rallied against the deal on Sunday, blocking main roads and preventing a Gulf mediator from leaving the United Arab Emirates embassy to head to the presidential palace in Sanaa for the signing, witnesses said.
Armed Yemeni government loyalists trapped Arab and Western diplomats inside an embassy on Sunday to block the signing. They later left the compound by helicopter.
The United States and Saudi Arabia, both targets of foiled attacks by al Qaeda’s Yemen wing, are keen to end the Yemeni stalemate to avert deeper chaos that could give the militant network more room to thrive.
More than 170 protesters have been killed in a crackdown on demonstrations, part of the wave of uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East that swept aside the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt.
