PALESTINE - May 15 - Under Pressure Arafat Calls For Elections.(Yasir Arafat)(Brief Article)
From: APS Diplomat Recorder
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Date: 5/18/2002
In a speech to the PA Legislative Council in Ramallah, Arafat says: "This is the right time for change and reform, despite all the attempts to undermine our efforts". He promises changes to his administration and new elections. (He speaks a day after PM Sharon demanded Palestinian reform as a condition for negotiations. But Arafat appears to be responding more to US pressure and to a rising clamour among Palestinians for change, a long-simmering issue that is suddenly boiling over). ...
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