http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/7595.htm 2010-07-17 Assistant Secretary General of the General People’s Congress (GPC) for Information Sector Dr Ahmed Ubeid Bin Daghr has said the day of electing President Ali Abdullah Saleh as President of the Republic of Yemen on 17 July 1978 represents an important stage in Yemen’s contemporary history because the post of president at that time was fraught with dangers and accepting the post of president was a sacrifice.