RAMALLAH, Palestine, Jan 30 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accepted on Tuesday, the resignation of Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, the presidential office said, in a press statement.
However, Abbas agreed to keep his Palestinian Authority (PA) consensus government running, until the formation of the new government.
The report said that, Abbas received the decision of the PA consensus government, which was made after the weekly cabinet meeting of the government, chaired by Hamdallah.
The report also said that Abbas will start his consultations and contacts on the formation of the new government that will comprise factions of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
The mission of the new government is to prepare for holding parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories. The last parliamentary elections were held in Jan, 2006, where the Islamic Hamas movement won an overwhelming majority.
Hamdallah declared his resignation, following the weekly cabinet meeting Tuesday, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, saying, the move was aimed at ending the long-time internal division and achieving national reconciliation.
Hamdallah, 60, was first appointed as prime minister in July 2013. His government went through two re-shuffles until it was declared by the president as National Conciliation Government, in Jun, 2014 and was mandated to seek an end to the internal division and achieve reconciliation.– NNN-WAFA
