The new emergency regulations proclaimed by the Palestine Government do not change existing laws and therefore do not justify the charges that they establish virtual martial law and provide for wholesale arrests and imprisonment, Chief Secretary John B. W. Shaw told a press conference here today.
These regulations, Shaw said, will be directed solely against those who deliberately disturb public order, but not against citizens who are going about their lawful pursuits, or even against those whose criminal offenses are ordinary crimes outside of the scope of the emergency laws. “Any criticism of the emergency regulations will receive the government’s due consideration,” he pledged.
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