Hamas slams Abbas plan to dissolve Palestinian parliament
Tehran (KNA) - The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has slammed a plan by President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the parliament, saying the move will only add to the internal divisions between the Palestinian factions.
"The decision of Abbas deepens the internal Palestinian division and destroys the Palestinian political system," said Yehya Musa, a senior Hamas leader and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), on Saturday.
The statement came hours after Abbas said that he would immediately implement a Constitutional Court ruling to dissolve the PLC, a chamber dominated and led by Hamas since the party won general elections in 2006.
The move comes amid widening rifts between Abbas' Fatah Party and Hamas as the two accuse each other of defying reconciliation attempts.
The PLC has been largely defunct over the past years. However, the Palestinian law allows its speaker to become interim president should Abbas, now 83, die in office.
Abbas said Saturday that his government was obliged to dissolve the PLC and hold parliamentary elections within six months.
Source: PressTV