Date : 24/02/2012
SANAA, Feb 24 (KUNA) -- Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi has been elected with an
overwhelming 99.8 percent vote as interim Yemeni president for two years, the
Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) said Friday.
SCER Chairman Hustice Mohammad Hussein Al-Hakimi told a news conference
that Hadi won 99.8 percent of voters.
Hadi, the second Vice-President in the united Yemen, was chosen by the
government and opposition as their sole candidate to be an interim president
for two years in line with a GCC-brokered agreement.
Al-Hakimi said turnout of voters in the early presidential voting was 65
percent.
Hadi will be sworn in before the parliament tomorrow. (end)
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