(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "We will work with all our strength to prevent his return," parliamentary opposition spokesperson Mohammed Qahtan told AFP. "We see this as the beginning of the end of this tyrannical and corrupt regime."
Saleh's sons must be "forced to hand power over to [Vice President] Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi," who under the constitution replaces the absent Saleh, said Qahtan.
"We are ready to cooperate with Abdrabuh but the problem is whether his children are ready to hand power over to him," said Qahtan.
The veteran leader's eldest son Ahmed, commander of the elite Republican Guard, has remained in Yemen. The opposition says Ahmed was already preparing to take over from his father before a popular uprising broke out in late January.
Hadi held talks on Sunday with the US ambassador to Sanaa, Gerald Michael Feierstein, state news agency Saba reported, for talks on "the importance of cooperation with the Common Forum," an alliance of the opposition in parliament.
Qahtan said the opposition would also meet with US and European Union envoys in Sanaa on Sunday.
Saleh's "political episode has been over since a while ago but he has used force, violence and destruction" to cling onto power, said the opposition spokesperson.
The president's security forces have waged a deadly crackdown on protests calling for his ouster, and he has repeatedly refused to sign a plan brokered by the Arab monarchies of the Gulf for a peaceful transfer of power.
More than 200 demonstrators have been killed across Yemen since the anti-Saleh protests erupted, according to an AFP tally. Saleh's troops have since late May also been locked in deadly battles with opposition tribesmen.
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