Hundreds of Palestinian attorneys staged a rare public demonstration on Monday in Ramallah against what they described as the Palestinian Authority's "rule by decree," denouncing P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas for governing without a parliament, AFP reported.
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Since 2007, the Palestinian Legislative Council, which was established during the Oslo Peace Accords with Israel, has remained inactive, meaning that Abbas has presided over the Palestinian Authority without a functioning parliament for virtually the whole of his presidency.
The Palestinian Bar Association has recently attempted to exert pressure on the PA to change the situation.
The protesters, dressed in black, were stopped by PA riot police from advancing in the direction of PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh's office.
"The legislative authority is absent in Palestine, and the judicial authority is completely marginalized," said protester Farhan Abu Aisha, according to the report. He accused Abbas of making decisions "under the cover of darkness."
