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| Middle East |
| Yasser? Step down? Never! |
| 2002-07-12 |
| Resisting international pressure that he leave office, Yasser Arafat declared Friday he would not step down - but also said he hadn't decided whether to run for office in January elections. Arafat made the comments under calls from the United States for the Palestinians to reform their economic, security and justice systems and replace their leadership with a government "not compromised by terror." In an interview, Arafat said he would not leave office any time soon. "I have been elected by the people. I am not a coward. I'm not ready to betray the people who elected me," he said. However, in an apparent contradiction, he said no decision had been made on whether he would run for office. "It is not only up to me. It will be up to many people," he said. It's just my opinion, of course, but I think Yasser intends to leave office two or three years after he's dead of old age. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 But he did betray his people -- for example, the idjits holed up in the church in Bethelem. Unless they didn't vote for Yasser? Serves 'em right! Regards, |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-07-12 09:56:09 |