But the question is whether this episode reveals political weakness or executive force.
In August, Jeffrey K. Skilling resigned as chief executive, forcing Mr. Lay, his predecessor, to resume day-to-day control.
For the Taiwanese company Acer, it has meant a brutal boardroom shakeout that saw its chief executive forced out after two successive quarters of losses.
Medical officials said that in subsequent clashes between Islamic Jihad and Hamas's Executive Force, acting as the police, one Executive Force member was killed.
Some in Fatah believe that others in Fatah are stirring up trouble in order to put the heat on Hamas.Whatever the truth, the executive force has won Hamas a small public-relations victory.
Since this "executive force" in its distinctive uniform green camouflage trousers and black T-shirts under combat webbing appeared on Gaza's streets, there have been several shootings and killings, played up in the media as Fatah-Hamas clashes.
But in Gaza the Islamists of Hamas, who took over the PA after winning an election last year, have brought several thousand of their militants into an "Executive Force" under the PA's umbrella.
In late August, after the sudden resignation of Mr. Lay's chosen successor as chief executive forced him to return to that job, he told employees that the stock was cheap, and he bought shares by exercising options.
Conspiracy theorists blame Fatah strongman and newly-appointed security chief Mohammad Dahlan for failing to prevent the kidnap, and accuse him of attempting to collapse the unity government's efforts and tarnish the image of Hamas and its executive force.
Written and directed by Brendan Cowell, and based on the stage play of the same name, the film tells of an advertising executive forced to reexamine his life after giving up alcohol for a year.
