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Who would make peace with zionists now? Abbas term as president ended at 9th of January.
Minister of justice: Ex-PA chief no longer represents the Palestinians
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[ 18/01/2009 - 05:25 PM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Minister of justice Mohamed Al-Ghoul stated that any actions, decisions or obligations made by former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, whose term of office had expired on 9/1/2009, do not oblige the Palestinian people.
In a press release received by the PIC, Ghoul explained that the Palestinian basic law stipulates in article no. 36 that the presidential term of office is only four years and accordingly Abbas is no longer entitled to represent the Palestinian people or sign agreements on their behalf even by declaring himself a president of Palestine.
The minister of justice underlined that the government of national unity headed by Ismail Haneyya is the only legitimate and legal government that represents the Palestinian people according to the basic law and any other side has no right to usurp this jurisdiction from the legitimate government.
He asked the international community especially the Islamic and Arab countries and all official and unofficial bodies to deal only with the constitutional Palestinian government headed by premier Haneyya.
Ghoul also stressed the need to interrogate and prosecute Abbas in a Palestinian court for committing hundreds of "terrible crimes"
and conspiring against the Palestinian people and resistance in full coordination with the Israeli occupation, and for waiving the Palestinian national rights and constants.
The minister highlighted that the Palestinian rights are unchanging and inalienable, and does not end by prescription, calling on the Palestinian people to be united around the resistance and respect the Palestinian law in order to serve the higher national interests.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/d...oDx03HpxLLk%3d
Article 36
The term of the presidency of the National Authority shall be the interim phase, after which the President shall be elected in accordance with the law.
Article 37
The office of the President shall be considered vacant in any of the following cases:
a. Death;
b. Resignation submitted to the Palestinian Legislative Council, if accepted by two-thirds of its members;
c. Loss of legal capacity, as per a ruling issued by the High Constitutional Court and subsequently approved by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council.
If the office of the President of the National Authority becomes vacant due to any of the above cases,
the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council shall temporarily assume the powers and duties of the Presidency of the National Authority for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days, during which free and direct elections to elect a new President shall take place in accordance with the Palestinian Election Law.
http://www.palestinianbasiclaw.org/