Palestinians announce Abbas will face confidence vote after return from Wa

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Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas will face a confidence vote by Palestinian legislators when he returns from a meeting with US President George W. Bush, the Palestinian information minister said Wednesday.

Nabil Amr told reporters that the Palestinian legislature "intends to convene after his return from Washington to discuss his progress on the political level" and "debate again giving him its confidence or not."

Abbas is due to meet Bush on Friday. Amr said he would press Washington for progress on the release of Palestinian prisoners, the lifting of movement restrictions on Palestinians, an end to the confinement of Yasser Arafat to his Ramallah headquarters and a freeze on construction of settlements and Israel's controversial "separation fence" with Palestinian areas.

Amr said failure to achieve progress would cause Abbas "difficulties on the Palestinian street" and in the legislature.

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