Faced with the very real possibility of a rejection of his Cabinet lineup in the Palestinian Parliament, Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei yesterday promised to present a Cabinet of technocrats to the PLC today. Lawmakers and members of the dominant Fatah faction said Qorei had drawn up a new list dominated by technocrats and featuring only two members of Parliament.
The initial list presented by Qorei to Parliament for its approval on Monday featured 15 deputies. Qorei put together his new list after a meeting of Fatah's Central Committee convened after Monday's aborted parliamentary session when he had hoped to win the approval for his 24-member team. "There will only be two members from the Legislative Council on the new list," Cabinet Minister Qaddura Fares told reporters. Parliamentary officials said Qorei would present the line-up to MPs for approval today. "We will convene (parliament) tomorrow," said Fatah MP and central committee member Abbas Zaki. "A totally new government will be presented to us. It's a government of technocrats with only two MPs... The Central Committee of Fatah decided that such a government is needed to respond to the needs for reforms at all levels." |