President receives IFES's Executive Director

SANA'A, May 11 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh received on
Monday the Executive Director of the International Foundation for
Election Systems (IFES) Peter Williams.

The president discussed with the IFES's official cooperation in
field of elections and democratic development, as well as means
related to election system in Yemen.

Williams acquitted Saleh with IFES's activities in field of
providing support to the Supreme Commission for Election and
Referendum (SCER) and preparations for forthcoming parliamentarian
elections.

President Saleh highlighted efforts of IFES in Yemen for supporting
SCER and improving electoral system in the light of previous
experiences in Yemen and all positive experiences in the world in
election field.

He indicated that democracy is a way for construction and
development must be practiced by peaceful means in the frame of
respecting the constitution and the law and away of violence and
disorder.