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| Palestinian PM says early polls will lead to chaos |
| 2006-12-11 |
| (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya said on Sunday that holding early elections, as proposed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), will lead to chaos, the official IRNA news agency reported. This is as opposed to the current situation, which can best be described as... ummm... something else. "The recommendation of PLO executive committee runs counter to the legal rights of the Palestinian government," Haneya told reporters before wrapping up his four-day visit to Iran. The PLO's recommendation is considered as the "beginning of chaos in Palestine," Haneya was quoted as saying. "While safeguarding integrity and solidarity is important to us, we oppose any political despotism. Ever since the Hamas government took office, we feel that some individuals are unjustly stabbing us from behind." After a series of meetings, the PLO executive committee on Saturday recommended Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold early parliamentary and presidential elections. It is still not clear whether Abbas would adopt the PLO's recommendations to call early elections. Haneya, who arrived in Tehran on Thursday to pay a four-day visit, is on his first tour abroad since he took office in March in a bid to rally support for the Palestinian cause and break up siege imposed by the West and Israel. |
| Posted by:Fred |