Abbas says to support forming technocrats' government

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that he has supported a government of independent technocrats to surmount international boycott and sanctions on the current Hamas-led one.

Abbas made the remarks at a meeting with journalists at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The meeting came amid an impasse on forming a national unity government.

If factions could not agree on a unity government, a technocrat government is likely to be formed since the cabinet does not ask any faction to make commitments against its will, Abbas said.

However, Abbas reiterated that a unity government based on the Prisoners' Document of National Accordance "would be an ideal solution to get out of the crisis."

Abbas said that he would resort to constitutional and legal options if the crisis persists and international blockade remained imposed on the Palestinians.

Source: Xinhua