Gaza City, Oct 12: Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat and his newly-appointed Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei have resolved their disagreement and agreed to appoint Nasser Yussef as Interior Minister, a top Arafat aide told reporters today. "The Prime Minister and his cabinet who were sworn in by Arafat, will continue their mission until the end of the month according to Palestinian law ... Following agreement between Arafat and Abu Ala," Nabil Abu Rudeina said, using Qorei's nickname.
"Nasser Yussef will be the Interior Minister but he will be sworn in later," he said, without giving further details.
The powers of what will essentially be an emergency cabinet, would be "effective immediately", he added.
Arafat and Qorei have been locked in an ugly dispute over the nature of the new Palestinian cabinet, and the delegation of powers within it.
Earlier, efforts by the Fatah central committee to resolve the struggle ended in failure, one of the members told reporters following an afternoon meeting between the two men.
The dispute focused on the powers to be held by the nine-member cabinet headed by Qorei, and particularly those of his Interior Minister-designate, Yussef.
Bureau Report