PFLP: Egyptian plan has holes, may deepen division

October 19, 2009

Gaza – Ma’an – There are "real obstacles ahead if the conciliation agreement goes forward," member of the central committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Jamil Mezher warned on Sunday.

"There are some important issues that were not included in the proposal and not even taken into consideration," he said, noting the right of return and the right of resistance as key points missing from the document.

While the PFLP never got an official copy of the Egyptian proposal, Mezher said party members got a good idea of what it included via media reports and other parties. In addition to missing comments on the right of return, the official said the issue of elections needed to be further thought out.

He put forward the following demand for the PFLP, "we demand elections be held using a full proportional representative system for the Legislative Council with a 1.5% pass threshold and a delay in the holding of elections to 28 June 2010."

Around the issue of the joint committee that would govern until elections are held, "it might delegitimize division," Mezher said, also taking issue with the fact that Hamas and Fatah would name the members of the committee, which he said was a violation of earlier agreements. He said the committee would be strengthened with members of other parties on it.

"Forming a national unity government with a specific mission to unify the Palestinian authority, build what was destroyed and pave the way for elections is the only way to go forward," he said.

Source: Uruknet.
Link: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=59095&s2=20.