The move was not even to the interest of the people, Barhoum said.
As demands for government changes sweep the Arab world, Palestine's de facto president Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the resignation of the PA government.
It was no more than a repositioning of the government's leaders and a trend in Fatah to once again fortify its influence in the West Bank and give cover to the farce of coming elections, Barhoum said.
MP Yahya Moussa, who represents Hamas's Change and Reform bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council, condemned the move ordered by the de facto Prime Minister in Ramllah Salam Fayyad, saying Fayyad took authority without consulting the PLC.
”Choosing this time for the resignation of Fayyad and his illegitimate government is a kind of savvy and political cunning to change faces in light of revolution against injustice and changes occurring in the Arab world,” Moussa said.
Fayyad's cabinet played the same game before, he said, in bids to absorb anger of the masses dissatisfied with the cabinet.
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