The former Yemeni President Ali Nasser Mohammad said some southern Yemeni leaders in exile might return to Yemen after the presidential elections set for Feb. 21.
In an interview with Al-Marsad online newspaper, he called on all Yemeni parties and groups that refuse participation in elections to practice restraint and renounce violence.
Mohammad who was a president of South Yemen before the unification pinned his hope on the early presidential elections set for Tuesday, Feb. 21, stressing that most Yemeni stalemate could be resolved through dialogue.
He pointed out that the election would resulted in a political system free of dictatorship and the rule of one party, calling all Yemenis to embark on serious dialogue.
The ex-president urged the Yemeni protesters to stay in their camps until the creation of a modern civil state, eliminating corruption and achieving social justice.
President Muhammad fled Yemen in 1986 after thousands died in south after a violent struggle began in Aden between Ali Nasir's supporters and supporters of Abdu Al-Fatah Ismaeel.
Fighting lasted for more than a month and resulted in thousands of casualties. Mohammad was later sentenced to death for treason.
Mohammad's term lasted from 21 April 1980 to 24 January 1986. Some 60,000 people, including the deposed Ali Nasir, fled to North Yemen. He was succeeded by Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas.
Nasser declared its support to pro-regime protests in 2011 and was named to a 17-member transitional council intended by some anti-government factions to govern Yemen during a prospective transition.
However, that council was opposed by some Yemen factions and was replaced by another one.
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