RAMALLAH, West Bank — In a special meeting held Oct. 13 to examine the legal repercussions of the decision issued by the Supreme Court of Justice ordering the cancellation of the local council election in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian parliamentary Legal Committee in Gaza recommended considering the possibility of reinstating Ismail Haniyeh's government, after what it described as the “abandonment” by the government of national consensus of its responsibilities.
The local council elections that had been slated for Oct. 8 were suspended by a decision issued by the Supreme Court of Justice on Oct. 3 to allow elections in the West Bank and cancel them in the Gaza Strip. The decision prompted the Council of Ministers, which wanted to organize elections in both the West Bank and Gaza, to hold a meeting Oct. 4 and announce the postponement of the elections for four months.
