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Haniyeh urges Abbas to hold early elections for PLO council

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called on Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Saturday to hold early elections for the Palestinian Liberation Organization's legislative body, the Palestinian National Council (PNC). The call came in response to Abbas' threats to hold early PA parliamentary elections although Hamas still has two years of its Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) term to serve.

Haniyeh said Abbas' bid to hold early legislative elections "will not succeed without national understanding and without constitutional justification."

Abbas seeks early parliamentary elections to isolate Hamas after the group seized control of Gaza Strip in five days of fighting. Abbas sacked the Hamas-led coalition government in June following the Gaza takeover. Haniyeh insists he is still prime minister.

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The deputy speaker of the Hamas-dominated parliament Saturday called on Abbas to form a new government with a new prime minister.

Ahmed Bahar of the PLC said that the current caretaker government, led by Salam Fayad, was illegitimate as it did not have the legal approval of parliament.

Abbas appointed Fayad in June. PA parliament has since failed to approve the new government owing to differences between Hamas and Fatah.

Bahar urged Abbas to respect political pluralism and to stop issuing decrees against Hamas. He also demanded that pro-Abbas forces stop their crackdown on Hamas supporters in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, Bahar called for a professional committee to investigate the circumstances that surrounded the death of former PA president Yasser Arafat in 2004.

"The criminals and murderers and the circumstances must be revealed," he said.

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1.	Heh, heh, heh	05:44	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/08/07

2.	Look into the eyes of a man	05:48	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/08/07

3.	# 1- Hamas gave up its rights and are big time losers !	07:05	\|	redmike	19/08/07

4.	And if Hamas destroys Abbas, the downside for Israel is???	07:14	\|	Voice of Reason	19/08/07

5.	He know he will win	07:20	\|	Joseph	19/08/07

6.	hey mark pass whatever you are smoking	07:30	\|	vik	19/08/07

7.	ABBAS DOESN`T KNOW WHAT TO DO	07:49	\|	indrajaya	19/08/07

8.	An equitable plan to sort out Hamas and end the occupation:	10:10	\|	Uzi	19/08/07

9.	Abbas has a lot of lose.... Hamas should be expelled.	11:07	\|	x	19/08/07

10.	Hamas has taken itself out of any future consideration when it	11:17	\|	Avihu	19/08/07

11.	Abbas will lose the election and hence legitimacy,and he knows	11:20	\|	lakshmi	19/08/07

12.	You guys don`t get it!	12:19	\|	Steve	19/08/07

13.	To Steve of San Diego	14:10	\|	Palestinian	19/08/07

14.	Murdering palestinians	15:50	\|	Jasmine Murphy	19/08/07

15.	To Jasmine Murphy	17:01	\|	FilterMan	19/08/07

16.	Filterman. I`m not convinced	18:04	\|	Jasmine Murphy	19/08/07

17.	1&2 Mark Lincoln	18:24	\|	Sol	19/08/07

18.	#5 Joseph/Florida	18:48	\|	J.M.Jordan	19/08/07

19.	#18 J.M.Jordan	19:44	\|	Joseph	19/08/07

20.	Maybe the elections will be good	20:03	\|	indrajaya	19/08/07

21.	What `Rapprochement" Sol?	20:18	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/08/07

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