Shmuel Abuav to Take Over at Disengagement Administration [SELA]
Excerpts;
Housing Ministry director general Shmuel Abuav is set to replace Jonathan Bassi as head of the Disengagement Administration (SELA). The appointment is not scheduled to go into effect before the end of this month.
The proposed appointment enjoys the support of the Prime Minister’s Office. However, a well-placed source noted that Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was waiting to see whether Abuav would be offered a different position by Isaac Herzog, the designated tourism minister with whom he has close ties.
The Disengagement Administration is expected to continue its work in the coming years, also in anticipation of possible further evacuations from the West Bank.
Commentary;
Although the author of the above article asserts that Abuav is well though of by the former residents of Gush Katif, will he continue the same abusive, harrassing style with the Gush Katif refugees and others now and in the future as marked Bassi’s bureaucracy, or will there be wholesale changes toward competency at SELA. And what personal business interests might benefit with as a result of Abuav being at the helm?