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Hamas Overturns Pro-Abbas Legislation
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The new Hamas-controlled parliament on Monday voted to curb the powers of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas by voting to cancel a number of measures enacted by the previous council after the parliamentary election. Angry Fatah legislators in Gaza City stormed out of the chamber in protest. The annulled measures had empowered Abbas to revoke laws and even to dissolve the Palestinian Legislative Council. They also gave Abbas the authority to appoint a new constitutional court without seeking legislative approval.