PA official denies reports of Cabinet reshuffle

The Palestinian Authority Cabinet’s secretary-general denied on Monday that a government reshuffle was imminent.

Speaking to Ma’an radio, Na’im Abu Al-Hummus said Prime Minister Salam Fayyad informed the Cabinet that it was not the right time to form a new government Monday’s weekly meeting in Ramallah.

The remarks followed Fatah's parliament speaker Azzam Al-Ahmad’s announcement Sunday that a new Cabinet would be formed within two weeks.

Reports of a reshuffle first surfaced in February, and were confirmed by President Mahmoud Abbas until May.