Palestinian President accepts Prime Minister's resignation

According to sources, Mr. Hamdallah resigned due to disagreements over power in the government.

Palestinian sources said on June 23 that President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of new Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.



Newly Inaugurated Palestinian Prime Minister - Rami Hamdallah

Just two weeks after taking office, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, a member of the Fatah movement led by Mr. Abbas, submitted his resignation to the President. According to sources in the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Rami Hamdallah resigned due to disagreements over power in the government.

Previously, the British news agency BBC quoted a source close to the Palestinian government as saying that after a meeting with President Abbas for many hours, new Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah withdrew his resignation.

Rami Hamdallah, Rector of Al-Najah University in the West Bank city of Nablus, was appointed by President Abbas as the new Palestinian Prime Minister to replace the previous government of Mr. Salam Fayyad, who resigned last April. However, the Hamas movement that controls the Gaza Strip, at that time affirmed that the new Palestinian government "does not represent the entire Palestinian people", "does not receive legitimacy from the legislature", and is contrary to the reconciliation agreements as well as the establishment of a national unity government that Hamas and Fatah had previously agreed upon./.

According to VOV - DT