Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power since 1978, said on Monday only defeat at the ballot box would make him quit, even as MPs joined thousands of protesters in Sana'a calling for his departure.
In the south, police shot dead a protester in the regional capital, Aden, where protests have raged killing 12 people and wounding dozens since February 16, medics and witnesses said.
“If they want me to quit, I will only leave through the ballot box,” Mr. Saleh told a news conference as the protesters, including opposition MPs, gathered outside Sana'a University.
