Abbas blamed for rampant corruption and mismanagement and held responsible for rift with Hamas
Rawhi Fattouh has been appointed chairman of the Palestinian National Council to serve as interim president for 90 days. Photograph: Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Imageshas named a temporary successor if his post is left vacant by his death or incapacity but has rejected calls to resign.
In a decree released late on Wednesday, Mr Abbas appointed Rawhi Fattouh to serve as interim president for 90 days. Elections for a new president should be held within this period unless there is a “force majeure” event preventing balloting from taking place.‘s national council, its decision-making body which has 700 appointed members from the worldwide Palestinian community.
Mr Abbas has been blamed for rampant corruption and mismanagement and held responsible for the rift with Hamas that divided the West Bank from Gaza. This began when Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian legislature in a January 2006 parliamentary election. The rift deepened when Hamas seized power in Gaza in June 2007 after a failed coup by the PA’s security chief in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan. The legislature has not met since then and was dissolved by Mr Abbas in 2018.
Mr Abbas has been castigated for ordering the PA’s multiple security agencies to co-operate with Israeli counterparts. The UK-based Middle East Eye reports that hundreds of Palestinian opponents and dissident students have been arrested by PA security forces. Meanwhile, they have failed to contain Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians or prevent Israeli expropriation of Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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