RAMALLAH, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Samir Hleileh, Secretary General of the Palestinian cabinet, said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei's cabinet would resign next week and prepare for forming a new cabinet.

   On Monday the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) voted in favor of a motion that called on Qurei to form a new cabinet within two weeks, saying if he fails to do so, the PLC would convene again and vote no-confidence against it.

   Hleileh told the Voice of Palestine radio that the Qurei cabinet would hold its last meeting next week, during which Qurei and his cabinet ministers would announce their resignation.

   Qurei and President Mahmoud Abbas would hold contacts to form anew cabinet and Abbas has to decide immediately how and when he would form the new transitional cabinet, added Hleileh.

   The PLC called on Abbas to start preparing within the coming two weeks to form a transitional cabinet that would be headed with a new premier, or to keep the same cabinet headed by Qurei with some  reshuffles. Enditem