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| Yasser to try another cabinet list... |
| 2002-10-22 |
| Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has formed a new Cabinet that will be presented to the legislative council for approval next week. Arafat's Cabinet resigned Sept. 11 just as the legislative council prepared to pass a vote of no confidence against the government. A two-week deadline to appoint a new Cabinet was extended until November after Israeli troops besieged Arafat's compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah in response to a Palestinian suicide bombing. Guess that did put a crimp on things... The speaker of the council, Ahmed Qureia, said Tuesday that Arafat had drawn up a new list of ministers. Qureia did not divulge names. The council will meet in a special session next week to vote on the Cabinet. Palestinian officials said that the council was unlikely to approve the new Cabinet since the list contained some officials from the previous Cabinet who have been accused of corruption. Why be in the cabinet if there's no opportunity to feather one's nest? Arafat's Fatah party has demanded new faces replace many of his longtime associates. Although Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo said last week he would not be in the Cabinet, the officials said he would be. "Hey! I said I didn't want to be in the cabinet! Stop shooting up my house!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I wonder how Yasser's home renovation project is coming along. Is he waiting for the bank to approve the home equity line? |
| Posted by: Raj 2002-10-22 13:05:04 |