Palestinian lawyers protest against Abbas ‚rule by decree‘ – According to Palestinian legal experts, Abbas issued some 400 presidential decrees while in office | I24news

Palestinian lawyers protest against Abbas ‚rule by decree‘ – According to Palestinian legal experts, Abbas issued some 400 presidential decrees while in office | I24news

Hundreds of Palestinian lawyers held a rare street protest on Monday against what they described as the Palestinian Authority’s „rule by decree“, condemning president Mahmoud Abbas for governing without a parliament.
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) – created under the Oslo Peace Accords with Israel – has been inactive since 2007, meaning Abbas has led without a functioning parliament for nearly all of his tenure as president. However, a new leadership at the Palestinian Bar Association seeks to pressure Abbas.