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| Middle East |
| Yasser to name PM any time now |
| 2003-03-01 |
| Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is expected to name the first ever Palestinian prime minister within days, said U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen after a meeting with Arafat Friday. Arafat said he would call a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Central Council late next week. The Palestinian leader would also call "immediately thereafter — next Saturday — for a meeting of the Palestinian Legislative Council where he will announce the person whom he has nominated for prime minister and seek the approval of the council." However, a Palestinian official later said that the announcement would be made on 11 March, after the Palestinian Authority's "basic law" — its de facto constitution — had been amended to allow for a prime minister. Details... Nothing but details... Earlier this month, Arafat bowed to pressure from the European Union (EU) and the United States to say he would share power with a prime minister as part of efforts to reform his administration. Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad, PLO second-in-command Mahmud Abbas, International Cooperation Minister Nabil Shaath and PLC Speaker Ahmed Qorei have been unofficially named as potential candidates for the new post. All of them good Yasser-men... |
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