The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) announced on Wednesday that it will go on a one-month strike to protest Yasser Arafat's failure to implement its decisions.
All open sessions will be suspended between 7 September and 7 October pending Arafat's approval of a series of laws passed months ago, but which the Palestinian leader had yet to sign, parliament Speaker Rawhy Fattuh told reporters, according to news agencies.
"The Council has decided to suspend its open sessions waiting for the executive authority to approve its laws and decisions," he told pressmen in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
"We are concerned that no one is taking our Council's decisions seriously," he said.
The PLC rejected two weeks ago by one vote a similar strike call after Arafat told them he planned approving laws and supporting reforms the Council has called for. (albawaba.com)
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