sister herb
06-20-2007, 01:59 AM
Why it is illegal? So because it is against the Basic Law of Palestine.
The President can sack his Prime Minister (Article 45) but he cannot legally appoint a new Prime Minister that does not represent the majority party (i.e., Hamas).
In the event that a President sacks the PM, the Government is considered to have resigned (Article 83), but the serving Cabinet (here, the Hamas-led Cabinet) is supposed to govern until a new Cabinet is confirmed by the Legislative Council (Article 78).
Only the Legislative Council can confirm the new PM and Cabinet and the new officials cannot take their oaths (Article 67) or assume their duties (Article 79) until this is done. We might now look for the Fayyad government to go to the Legislative Council for post hoc approval, but if the Legislative Council cannot vote for lack of a quorum -- because too many of its members are in jail or refuse to participate -- then the Cabinet cannot be legally confirmed. The Basic Law provides no remedy for conditions where the Legislative Council cannot vote to confirm the Cabinet or the actions of the President.
The President can rule by degree during emergencies (Article 43) but the Legislative Council must approve all these decrees at its first meeting.
The President cannot suspend the Legislative Council during a state of emergency (Article 113).
The President has no power to call early elections, either.
The Basic Law has no provision whatsoever for an "emergency government."
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