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MPs Tell Abbas to Name New Cabinet
 Deputies yesterday called on President Mahmoud Abbas to sack the Cabinet for failing to stamp out chaos in the streets as Palestinian policemen stormed into Gazaâs Parliament building to demand a crackdown on militants. The Palestinian Parliament ordered Abbas to appoint a new government because of the current regimeâs failure to impose order on spiraling chaos in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The surprise vote came shortly after dozens of armed policemen burst into Parliament to protest against massive insecurity one day after the first deadly internecine clashes since Israel left the Gaza Strip last month.Deputies voted overwhelmingly by 43 to five in favor of forcing Abbas to reshuffle his Cabinet within two weeks, although the Palestinian Authority president is not obliged to fire his Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei. MPs considered but discarded a formal censure motion against the government which would have seen Qorei, who is currently abroad, step down immediately. âWe are on the verge of civil war if the situation remains out of control,â said Qaddoura Fares, a reformist legislator with Abbasâ mainstream Fatah movement. Posted by: Fred 2005-10-04 |
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