The General Intelligence Law No. 17 of 2005 said said that the head of Palestinian general intelligence must be less than 60 years old and can only remain in the job for three years, perhaps extending to four. (Oh, and he also is not allowed to be married to a non-Arab woman.)
But Mahmoud Abbas likes his loyal intelligence chief, "Major General" Majed Faraj, who has been in office for well over three year now, so Abbas changed the law as an early 60th birthday present to him.
Faraj now can stay in office forever, or until Abbas removes him. He is also now promoted to the rank of minister.
That's it.
No legislative meetings, no committees to discuss the law, no input from the the PLO Executive Committee or Palestinian National Council or Palestinian Central Council or Palestinian cabinet.
Mahmoud Abbas decided to change a law, he wrote it, he implemented it and that's it.
At a time that Israel is struggling over balancing powers between the legislative and judicial branches, there are no such problems in the Palestinian territories.
Because they have a dictator who decides everything.
And no one - media, politicians, pundits, diplomats - seems to be gnashing their teeth over this.
