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| PFLP slams 'insufficient' commission of inquiry |
| 2010-02-16 |
| Ma'an -- A commission of inquiry set up to investigate corruption allegations raised by a former intelligence officer does not go far enough, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on Monday. In a statement, the leftist faction said the commission, made up of three Fatah members, "does not meet the requirements to ensure professional and objective findings as it was formed of only one party." The PFLP called on President Mahmoud Abbas and the PLO Executive Committee to expand its inquiry to include professionals and human rights organizations, on a national rather than factional basis, to more effectively respond to what the group termed Israeli targeting. Abbas dismissed his chief of staff, Rafiq Al-Husseini, on Sunday after Israel's Channel 10 broadcast a videotape that allegedly showed Al-Husseini propositioning an unidentified woman for sex in exchange for political favors. The video was provided by a former intelligence officer who headed the PA anti-corruption department. |
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