PLO's factions slam Fatah for controlling PLO

[ 12/09/2010 - 09:08 AM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A number of factions, members of the Palestinian liberation organization (PLO), denounced Fatah faction for dominating the PLO's decision-making and marginalizing its other members, especially after it quelled a meeting they held against the peace talks with Israelis.

The popular front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP) declared in a statement that it was considering freezing its membership in the PLO after de facto president Mahmoud Abbas decided to engage in his negotiations with Israel on behalf of the PLO that opposed the peace talks.

The PFLP explained that nine out of 18 members of the PLO's executive committee attended the meeting that was held, at the behest of Abbas, to give him cover for his talks with Israelis and only six attendees voted in favor of the peace talks.

This means that 12 members of the PLO opposed the talks and did not give Abbas the OK he claimed he received from the PLO, according to PFLP's explanation.

The PFLP said that Fatah and its authority turned its back to the national norms and overstepped the bounds of decency.

For his part, spokesman for the popular struggle front Awni Abu Ghosh said that there are big mistakes still plaguing the PLO's institutions, including the dominant role of only one faction represented in Fatah.

The issue of reforming the PLO was highlighted by Hamas Movement many times before, especially after it won the legislative elections, where it sees along with other factions and national figures that the PLO in its current status is illegitimate and does not represent the Palestinian people.


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