Yemen - Jun 18, 2011 - 19:20

The Associated Press reports that more than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders are calling for presidential elections in Yemen.

The petition obtained Saturday demands the ouster of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and new elections within 60 days.

A ruling party official said Friday that Saleh intends to return to Yemen from seeking medical treatment in Saudi Arabia within days, but the clerics and tribal leaders who signed the letter say he's unfit to resume his post.

Among the petitioners is the spiritual leader of the country's fundamentalist Islamic opposition party.