Palestinian President Sacks Advisors
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has fired all of his advisors amid a financial crisis in the occupied West Bank that has led to deep salary cuts.
Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing a statement by the Palestinian Authority president’s office, announced the news, saying he sacked all of his advisors regardless of their title or ranking.
President Abbas "also decided to abolish the decisions and contracts related to them, and to suspend the rights and privileges they received in their capacity as advisors,” the statement added, without providing more details on the number of his advisors, who have been relieved of their duties, or the costs involved.
The decision comes amid a spending crunch created after the Zionist regime decided in February to hold back some $10 million a month in tax transfers.
Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing a statement by the Palestinian Authority president’s office, announced the news, saying he sacked all of his advisors regardless of their title or ranking.
President Abbas "also decided to abolish the decisions and contracts related to them, and to suspend the rights and privileges they received in their capacity as advisors,” the statement added, without providing more details on the number of his advisors, who have been relieved of their duties, or the costs involved.
The decision comes amid a spending crunch created after the Zionist regime decided in February to hold back some $10 million a month in tax transfers.