The resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, on 24 November 2011, after months of protests and the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council, led to the formation of a two-year transitional Government. President Hadi’s election, on 21 February 2012, was meant to be followed by a process of army and security restructuring, restoration of security in the capital and the country at large, the launch of a national dialogue process to pave the way for a new constitution, and general elections by the end of the two-year transitional period.
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