81.   He said an elected legislative council would have called urgent meetings to discuss the crisis.

82.   He argued the most urgent reform required was to improve the recruitment system for the Assembly, the House of Representatives and lower legislative councils.

83.   He wore the same tie he had worn to testify before the legislative council last year over his sudden departure from his job.

84.   Husseini met Wednesday with members of the Palestinian legislative council and Israeli peace activists to discuss ways of stopping the construction project.

85.   In a session of the Palestinian legislative council in Bethlehem on Wednesday, several lawmakers for the first time openly criticized the security forces.

86.   In another Central Java town, Kudus, dozens of students took their protest to the local legislative council.

87.   In Bethlehem, however, Arafat had harsh words for the Israelis in a speech to the Palestinian legislative council.

88.   In February, the secretary general of the group, Pierre Sane, raised the issue with Arafat and members of the Palestinian legislative council, the report said.

89.   In their first elections, Palestinians cast ballots Saturday for a president and a legislative council to govern them in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

90.   In their first nationwide election, Palestinians on Saturday cast ballots for a president and a legislative council that will govern Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.