|
|
Sacked Hamas PM slams emergency gov't salaries decision |
 |
+ |
- |
07:25, July 10, 2007 |
Sacked Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas Ismail Haneya slammed on Monday the emergency government's decision to exclude the civil servants hired by the former unity government from being paid.
"The government expresses its extreme regret following the serious decisions made by Ramallah (the emergency government) concerning the salaries of the civil servants," Haneya told his cabinet in Gaza.
"Excluding Palestinians from getting paid is equivalent to the policy of the occupation that granted the policy of collective punishments to break their steadfastness," Haneya said in a statement issued at the end of the meeting.
Last week, the Ramallah-based Palestinian emergency government of Sallam Fayyad decided to pay the full-time civil and security employees after Israel transferred 118 million U.S. dollars of the frozen tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority.
However, his government excluded about 23,000 employees that were employed on temporary contracts by Hamas-led government last year.
Meanwhile, Haneya also told his cabinet members that his government refused to use an Israeli-ruled crossing on the borders between Israel, Egypt and Gaza Strip, better known as Kerem Shalom Crossing.
"This crossing is controlled by the Israeli occupation intelligence forces which would use the crossing to detain our people and interrogate them as they cross through it into Gaza or to Egypt," said Haneya.
He urged the Egyptian side not to accept the Israeli offer to operate the crossing, and insisted on reopening Rafah crossing on the borders between Gaza Strip and Egypt.
On June 14, Islamic Hamas militants took control of the security headquarters in Gaza Strip, including President Mahmoud Abbas house and compound.
In a response, Abbas banished Haneya and his national unity government, outlawed Hamas militants and decreed to form an emergency government.
Source: Xinhua
|
|
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article