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Abbas, Qurei Dispute New PA Cabinet
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - A sharp dispute between PA Chairman Abbas and PA Prime Minister Qurei is preventing the formation of a new cabinet, senior PA officials in Ramallah disclosed Tuesday. Abbas intends to replace at least six ministers, while Qurei reportedly does not want to change more than three. Abbas argues that as an elected leader he is entitled to carry out real changes in all fields.Abbas is seeking to appoint Maj.-Gen. Nasser Youssef as interior minister in charge of all the security forces. He also wants to replace Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath with Nasser al-Kidwa, the PLO envoy to the UN and a nephew of Arafat. Abbas is also seeking to bring into the cabinet three of his loyalists - Muhammad Dahlan, who will hold a key security position, Nabil Amr, slated to become information minister, and Muhammad Shtayyeh, who will replace Maher al-Masri as minister of economy.