Bardawil: Fayyad resignation not linked to reconciliation

The resignation of PA prime minister Salam Fayyad is not connected to the reconciliation process with Hamas, an official from the group said Saturday. Senior Hamas official Salah Bardawil told Ma'an that "we should not link Fayyad's resignation with reconciliation, because he resigned for internal reasons." Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that "Fayyad left the government after riddling our people with debt and Fatah must assume responsibility because it imposed him from the start." The reconciliation process has been put on hold while US secretary of state John Kerry visited the region recently and there is no timeline to continue the process, Bardawil added.