Palestinian factions to boycott unity government

By HISHAM ABU TAHA | ARAB NEWS
May 22, 2011

GAZA CITY: Eight Palestinian political factions affiliated with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) will not nominate candidates for the government of technocrats proposed in the unity deal that was reached early this month in Cairo.

The local independent news agency “Maan” reported on Sunday that the factions are protesting the “bilateral monopoly” by Fatah and Hamas movements over the unity government intended to end years of fractured politics in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The factions said in a joint statement that they support the efforts toward unity but hope the deal will also take their views into consideration.

The signatories the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Palestinian Democratic Union, the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, Palestinian Liberation Front, the Arab Liberation Front and the Palestinian Arab Front.

The factions including Fatah and Hamas have all signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo this month to end the division between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to hold elections in a year.

Source: Arab News.
Link: http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article422318.ece.