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Middle East
Palestian PM may resign - Resumes for lapdog wanted
2003-10-09
EFLPalestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei told Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat on Thursday he wants to quit his post, Palestinian officials said.
There seem to be an infinite supply of Palestinian officials wanting to play politics via leaks. Did they all study in Washington DC?
Actually, I think it's just that there's an infinite supply of Paleostinian officials. As the jobs disappear, they get taken on by the gummint. Eventually, they'll all be officials, and those who aren't exploding will spend their time bossing each other around...
"Qurei told Arafat he will not form the cabinet and doesn’t want to be prime minister anymore," one of the officials said.
"Nope. Ain't gonna do it. Don't wanna be prime minister, and you can't make me! 'Cuz you're almost dead and I'm not!"
The officials said Arafat wanted to dismiss Interior Minister Nasser Youssef, who would have security powers, and that
Qurei opposed the move.
sorry,thinking is no longer part of the job of PA
On Wednesday, Qurei presided over the first meeting of his cabinet, which in principle can govern for one month. He said that he would seek parliament approval for the ministers the following day, turning them into a regular cabinet,
(and the next day turning them into an crises cabinet then back to a regular cabinet, etc. as long as he could get his picture in the PA newspaper_
and that he hoped to broaden his government eventually.
"How many members do you eventually see in your cabinet, Mr. Prime Minister?"
"2.6 million."
In an unusual move, the parliamentary vote of confidence was to have taken place two days after the government was officially sworn. But two ministers - Interior Minister-designate Nasser Yussef and Health Minister-designate Jawad Tibi - refused to attend Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony;
they would have had to swear allegience to Yassir
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