am said the government needs to deal with the 'chaos' of the past few years that was enabled by 'loopholes in the legislation' and restore order in the Legislative Council." The move "drew sharp criticism from Western officials," including British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who "called the electoral changes a 'cle

dent Commissioner Against • Corruption (ICAC) Ann Vanstone herself. •X The Upper House MP in6"oduced the bill in Late August, it came to a vote in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, and by Thursday evening it had passed Parliament altogether. There were some amendments made, buitot a single MP voted against it Co

2003, addressed by Dahlan to then- Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz. According to Hamas, he said: "The fear now is that Yasser Arafat will merge the Legislative Council to withdraw confidence [from the Abbas cabinet]. To prevent him from doing that, I wish to see cooperation from all parties and pressure [on him."

-Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz. According to Hamas, he said: "The fear now is that Yasser EFTA_R1_02209756 EFTA02723628 Arafat will merge the Legislative Council to withdraw confidence [from the Abbas cabinet]. To prevent him from doing that, I wish to see cooperation from all parties and pressure [on him."