A plan from Gulf mediators calls for embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to quit 30 days after a national unity government is formed, a government official said Thursday.

The Gulf Cooperation Council plan urges "the formation of a national unity government with 50% held by the ruling party, 40% by the opposition and 10% by other parties," the official said.

"The president would transfer his powers to his deputy, and then the protests would end," as would the defection of military leaders and soldiers, according to the official.

"The president would submit his resignation to parliament within 30 days," with new presidential elections within two months after the president's resignation.

Saleh has since January faced protests calling for his ouster, in which more than 130 people have been killed.

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