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| Middle East |
| Arafat reneges on reform promise |
| 2002-05-28 |
| Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has decided to table a judicial reform law, which he signed some 10 days ago, a Palestinian legislative source told The Jerusalem Post yesterday. Arafat's aides informed legislators yesterday that the Palestinian leader would not support the law as currently constituted. "They said that, for one, Arafat objects to age limits on judges." The judicial law which Arafat recently signed and now has decided to suspend, was prepared by the Palestinian Legislative Council several years ago and sets the standards and rules for the Palestinian judicial system. And this is surprising because...? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |