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Cabinet disregards Presidential decision

The Cabinet of Ministers, at an Emergency Meeting held yesterday afternoon spanning over five hours in the aftermath of the President's decision to remove the portfolios of three Ministers, has decided to disregard the decision, a senior Cabinet Minister told the Daily News late last night.

He said that the Government and the United National Front (UNF) has thrown an open challenge to the President to dissolve Parliament and go in for a Parliamentary poll at which the results would be obvious.

Responding to a question about the National Budget 2004 that was to be presented by Finance Minister K.N. Choksy in Parliament on November 12 in the light of the prorogation of Parliament till November 19, he said that the new date has not been decided yet.

(RL)

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