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Polls show Sharon returning to PM's seat
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-22 20:00
Labor voted Sunday to pull out of Sharon's government, which it joined last
year to ensure implementation of the Gaza pullout. But Peretz — a dove who wants
to increase social spending — has said he would consider a coalition with Sharon
under the right conditions.
Sharon set dramatic events in motion with his decision late Sunday to leave
the party he co-founded in 1973. On Monday, he asked President Moshe Katsav to
dissolve parliament and move elections to early March from their scheduled
November date.
Katsav has yet to say whether he will disband the legislature by decree or
let parliament dissolve itself and set its own election date. But spokeswoman
Hagit Cohen said the president has been told by faction leaders they are
agreeable to holding the vote March 28.
The legislature, meanwhile, voted Monday to disband, but needs to vote three
more times to bring about early elections. Further votes were expected over the
next few days.
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