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GAZA, July 22 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Legislative Council on Sunday failed to achieve quorum for a special session aimed at debating whether or not a vote of confidence should be given to a new cabinet headed by Prime Minister Salam Fayad.
The failure stemmed from the fact that the Fatah group of legislators boycotted the session, which was attended by 34 MPs, most of whom came from Hamas. Up to 48 MPs failed to turn up while 44 others are in Israeli jails.
| That certainly makes it hard to have a quorum. |
Acting Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Dr. Ahmad Bahr (Hamas) said the new government (headed by Fayad) has not secured a vote of confidence by the Legislative Council within the constitutional time limit allowed.
For his part, the head of the Fatah bloc of MPs Legislator Azzam Al-Ahmad accused the Hamas-led NA of being superseded, violating the constitution by backing down to the "rebels" (in Gaza). "The Fatah group is not after political posts in the parliament but is concerned about the loss of the homeland itself," Al-Ahmad said. He accused the Hamas MPs of turning the NA "into a joke."
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