After Mr. Abbas's appointment, they immediately fought over the makeup of the cabinet, though relations have settled down since then.
Why replace Cem Kozlu, the man who turned around the national airline, with another of Mr Erdogan's former associates?The old guard might better be asking why a swelling number of cabinet ministers' relations are being given plum posts.
In response, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon characterized Mr. Arafat as Israel's "bitter enemy" and may soon ask his cabinet to break relations with the authority.
He must also deal with various party grandees who served in the Social Democrats' ineffective previous term; many of them still expect a cabinet job.But relations between president and prime minister could be testy.
Mr Powell, the most multilateralist member of the cabinet, is building relations with the allies.It will not be easy to keep these different voices singing from the same sheet.
Mr. Manley took notice of Mr. Martin's pro-American statements, suggesting that he was pandering to Washington by arguing in favor of a special cabinet committee on relations between the countries.
In May, Dorries indicated that she would also be suing Sir Gus O'Donnell, the cabinet secretary, in relation to the emails scandal.
Some years ago the federal MP Andrew Wilkie wrote to the ICC prosecutor in The Hague requesting an investigation and prosecution of the then prime minister, Tony Abbott, and 19 of his cabinet ministers in relation to the mistreatment of asylum seekers.
He ran the transition, chaired cabinet meetings, co-ordinated relations with Capitol Hill.
The Libyan cabinet can live without relations with America but not America Online.
Malaysia continues to endure heavy-handed criticism from China regarding a lack of transparency of Prime Minister Najib Razek and senior cabinet members, straining diplomatic relations.
