Sunday, December 17, 2006

Haneyya rejects Abbas' call


"Gaza - PA premier Ismail Haneyya on Sunday emphasized his government's rejection of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas' call for early legislative elections, describing the call as "unconstitutional".

Haneyya, speaking at the inauguration of a cabinet meeting in Gaza, said that Abbas' speech on Saturday was provocative and ridiculed the Palestinian people's steadfastness and resistance.

The premier appreciated the stand adopted by the ten Palestinian factions in Damascus, which rejected Abbas' call in a press conference.

He addressed an urgent appeal to Abbas to issue clear-cut orders to his presidential guards not to target civilians as what happened in Ramallah.

Haneyya also denounced the shooting at the motorcade of AP foreign minister Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar while on his way from his ministry to the cabinet meeting.

The premier urged all Palestinians to unite and to end all tensions because their battle is not an internal one but rather with occupation, colonialism, the wall, judaization of Jerusalem and those denying the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees. "

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