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Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad on Monday resigned and dissolved his cabinet in a major political shake-up ahead of Palestinian elections to be held by September, AFP reports.
The move, which was announced during an early-morning cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been on the cards since the end of November, but was delayed by the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, officials said.
“Dr Fayyad told the ministerial council that our government has resigned,” one minister said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Immediately afterwards, Fayyad went to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to present him with the official later of resignation, a senior official told AFP.
“Fayyad went to Abu Mazen to inform him and they’re still meeting,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity and referring to Abbas by his nom-de-guerre.
He added that there would be an official statement after the meeting.