Jerusalem-Ma'an-Sources from within the Fatah Movement revealed on Monday that president Mahmoud Abbas has created a committee consisting of top legal experts that are devoted to studying all the legal aspects related to holding the referendum that Abbas may call by presidential decree.
The sources expected this committee to complete its task on Monday just hours before this decree may be issued.
According to the sources, another committee formed by President Abbas has started to work on putting together the referendum paper that will include, in addition to the prisoners' document, a question on the performance of the Hamas government and the financial and political blockade imposed on the Palestinian people.
The sources confirmed that if Hamas rejects the referendum or its results, President Abbas will go ahead and hold early presidential and legislative elections.