[26 June 2006]


SANA'A June 26 (Saba) - Head of the Sudanese Omah Party (SOP) al-Sadiq al-Mahdi described the democracy experience of Yemen is an
advanced one,pointing out that the door of dialogue and democracy in Yemen is open.

" We found a real concern by the Yemen government for the democratic file and there is a good indicator and real trend regarding the
developmentof democracy in Yemen and latest agreement between the ruling party and the opposition is the best example of that" al-Mahdi said. In remarks to Saba, al-Mahdi said that the Sana'a Conference on the Democracy is going on to establish he second generation of
democracy.

He pointed out that the conference came from the accrual activities which had been already organized within the framework of the
significant concernon the democratic exchange.
NA/TN


SABA