Democratic Palestine : 1 (ص 19)
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Response to the Program for Unity and Democratic Reform
In mid-October,
the
PFLP-DFLP Joint
Leadership presented the Program for Unity and
Democratic Reform in the PLO (see PFLP
Bulletin no. 69 for the full text). The intention was
for this program to find its way into every
Palestinian home _ to
elicit
discussion and
crystallize a broad mass force for resolving the
internal Palestinian crisis
in the interests of
continuing the revolution. Since then, the PFLP’s
weekly magazine Al Hadaf has been conducting
opinion surveys among the Palestinian community
in different countries.
Below we print the
preliminary results in the form of examples of
responses to the program ‘received by early
December.
Occupied Palestine
Bassam Shakaa,
elected mayor of Nablus
“Preserving the PLO and
its unity is a guarantee to our
people and our nation, and
also a guarantee for keeping
peace in the world. The
Arabs have to face this fact
with deep thinking; there is
no Arab affiliation without
PLO unity. Any reforms
have to be achieved in the
legal frameworks, and we
must work quickly to stop
the disintegration of the PLO
now taking place, and to
strengthen our organization
to continue carrying out its
mission and prevent external
interference from affecting
its achievements.”
Karim Khalaf,
elected mayor of
Ramallah
“The program is a good
one as a basis for democratic
dialogue, for true reform in
the PLO and its institutions,
removed from fighting
among brothers...What I
hope is that everyone is
liable to this program and
works for its application in
order to preserve the PLO’s
unity and _ protect our
people’s cause from _ the
dangers now threatening it
with containment, liquidation,
or disintegration. I appeal to all
PLO Executive Committee
members and to all others to
exert all efforts to maintain
the unity of the PLO and its
leadership. We should all be
aware of the conspiracy that
now aims at liquidating our
people’s cause.”
Ibrahim Tawil,
elected mayor of
Al Bireh
“We are for the program
as the basis for constructive
democratic dialogue. We are
against tutelage from any
side. We are for democratic
discussions; our people are
known for their democratic
thinking and principles. We
call on everyone to _ sit
together for agreement
around the table of the
people, the table of the
revolution, of unity and of
dialogue, on the basis of the
program presented by the
PFLP and DFLP, and
accepted by Fatah.”
Mustafa Natshe,
acting mayor of AlKhalil
“The program for reform
and unity presented to Fatah
by the PFLP and DFLP is a
constructive step towards
our people’s unity on a de-
mocratic basis. We appeal to
our protesting brothers to fol-
low democratic procedures
within the PLO institutions in
order to fulfill their demands,
and to put guns aside...If
their demands are genuine
and they are for reform, then
let them sit with their broth-
ers, focusing on this program
in order to enact the desired
unity and reform, and
achieve the aims of our na-
tion and people.”
Wahid Hamdallah,
elected mayor of Anabta
“Our people in the occu-
pied territories blessed the
program for unity and de-
mocratic reform submitted
by the Joint Leadership.
They support it, for this
courageous and independent
Palestinian program ex-
presses the demands and will
of our Palestinian people ev-
erywhere.”
Haj Amin Nasr,
elected mayor of Qalgilia
“We believe that this pro-
gram would surely remedy
the situation and secure all
the demands of the protes-
tors. They have to sustain this
program and walk together
in the framework of Palesti-
nian national unity.”
Lebanon
The following cable was
addressed to the General
Commander, the General
Secretaries of all Palestinian
organizations and the PLO
Executive Committee mem-
bers:
“In the name of the Popu-
lar Committee of Baddawi
Camp, we send you our salu-
tations. At this difficult time,
when our revolution is sub-
ject to many dangers, of be-
ing contained, liquidated or
split, we ask you to confirm
the reform program present-
ed by the PFLP-DFLP Joint
Leadership and to arrange
for the implementation of
this program, for its contents
represent a genuine guarantee
for the continuity of our revo-
lution and democratic re-
form in the Palestinian arena.
The application of this pro-
gram will guarantee and
strengthen the unity of the
PLO, our independent decision
and our national legitimacy...”
The Popular Committee,
Baddawi Camp
North Lebanon,
Damascus
Khaled Fahoum,
Chairman of the Palesti-
nian National Council
“In the prevailing crisis ex-
perienced by the Palestinian
revolution, many programs
and solutions have been sug-
gested. The first program
was suggested by the Central
Council delegation. Then the
Joint Leadership of the PFLP
and DFLP presented a de-
tailed program for democrat-
ic reform. I consider this a
very good program, but it
needs everybody's efforts to
put it into practice. It is not
enough to present a program.
We all have to cooperate in
order to achieve the applica-
tion of this program. I believe
that as the demands for re-
form increase, so does our
confidence in the high degree
of awareness of our people.”
Mahmoud Khalidi,
director of the PLO of-
fice in Damascus
“T read this document care-
fully and have a high estima-
tion of its contents. It reflects
a high degree of awareness
and concern for the unity of
the revolution, for the inde-
pendent Palestinian decision
and for the need for demo-
cratic dialogue and demo-
cratic reform through legiti-
mate PLO institutions, and
for saving the PLO and its ac-
tive role.”
Um Sabri,
member of the General
Secretariat of the Gen-
eral Union of Palestini-
an Women
“It is a good program in
terms of the points it tackles.
We would have hoped that
the comrades in the PFLP
and DFLP had been able to
apply such a program prior
to the fighting now taking
place in North Lebanon. We
realize how much these two
organizations influence the
Palestinian struggle. We high-
ly evaluate this program and
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