Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 6)
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the socialist and democratic forces all
over the world.
On the organizational level, the
agreement includes new and important
reformatory steps concerning the struc-
ture of the PLO, its departments and
institutions, and concerning implemen-
tation of collective leadership. On the
level of the Executive Committee, the
delegations agreed that all organiza-
tions should be represented and that the
daily leadership of the PLO should be
executed by the chairman and several
vice-presidents, forming a secretariat to
lead the daily work of the PLO. This will
be included in the internal regulations of
the PLO, thus for the first time since
1964, making an important amendment
which will make collective leadership not
merely slogans, but a practical reality.
As for the Central Council, the delega-
tions agreed to amend the internal regu-
lations so that the Central Council will be
elected by the PNC, not chosen; it will
have the authority to decide and to exer-
cise control over the Executive Commit-
tee. The Central Council will have the
right to freeze the membership of any-
one ‘in the Executive Committee who
does not abide by the decisions of the
PNC. There are many other items on the
level of reforming the PLO’s structure,
which will create better national front
relations. Of course the dialogue in Aden
was tough, but the atmosphere was one
of responsibility and concern for solving
the problems of the PLO in order to pro-
tect the national cause of the Palestinian
people. Therefore this step is important
in preparing the ground for the overall
unity of the PLO. It is a culmination of a
series of dialogues which took place in
Algiers and Eden in April and May.
The basis for the Algiers talks
The Joint Leadership took clear
stands against the use of violence to
solve the internal PLO contradictions,
and subsequently took a clear stand
against Arafat's visit to Cairo, as this was
a clear breach of the PNC program and
a threat to the anti-imperialist line of the
PLO. Immediately the Joint Leadership
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started a series of meetings to draw up a
plan for the reunification of the PLO ona
clear anti-imperialist basis. Two other
organizations joined: the Palestinian
Communist Party and the Palestinian
Liberation Front.
The plan on which they agreed on
March 27th, was termed the Aden
agreement, a political initiative to reunify
the PLO on a nationalist basis. Actually,
it is a plan of struggle, through democra-
tic dialogue, against the political line of
the extreme right in the PLO, and
against the adventurous line of the
organizations which resorted to arms to
solve the internal contradictions in the
PLO. The Aden agreement provided the
basis for the talks in Algiers.
The results of the first round
The first round of talks in Algiers in
April was an important one: It was the
first meeting between the Democratic
Alliance and the Central Committee of
Fatah after months of conflict. The dele-
gations exchanged points of view
related to the developments in the Mid-
die East since the PLO’s departure from
Beirut. Then points of difference were
sorted out to be worked on in an effort to
reach a joint platform.
The most important achievements
of the first round of talks were:
1. It was agreed that the PNC will
not be held until there is an overall
national agreement between all Palesti-
nian organizations.
2. The delegations drew up the
basis for reconciliation between Syria
and Fatah’s Central Committee. These
political points were carried to Damas-
cus by Mohammad Sharif Mussaidiya,
General Secretary of the Algerian
National Liberation Front.
The second round of talks in May
went a bit differently. The first round had
been openly criticized by some leading
figures of Fatah, as well as by some
leading figures of the Fatah opposition in
Damascus. Such stands showed that
the dialogue initiated by the Joint
Leadership would run into opposition
from those who have no interest in
reunification of the PLO. Such criticism
from both sides pushed the delegations
to speak frankly. Thus, the talks focused
on the points of differences.
The discussions were serious and
the round resulted in positive advance. A
member of the Joint Leadership’s dele-
gation reported: «We managed to reach
an agreement on all political issues
except two items: The political stand vis-
a-vis the relationship with the Egyptian
regime; and the joint Jordanian-Palesti-
‘Press Release
After a series of Palestinian
dialogue meetings heid in Algiers and
Aden, characterized by a high degree of
openness, responsibility and concern
for the unity of the PLO, its national line
and its role as the sole legitimate rep-
| resentative of the Palestinian people... i
The participant organizations
- declare to all our Palestinian and Arab
| people as well as to our international
friends and allies that the discussions
| were quite successful in reaching an
agreement. This agreement is a historic
step towards the reunification of the PLO
and the Palestinian revolution, and
- safeguarding its national path until vie- ||
tory.
nian statement which calls for joint polit-
ical moves. These points are scheduled
for discussion in the third round of talks
in Aden.»
Reform is necessary
Experience has proved beyond any
doubt that. organizational guarantees
are needed to insure the commitment of
the PLO Executive Committee to the
program and decisions of the PNC.
According to the present structure
and distribution of authority, the Chair-
man of the Executive Committee can
take decisions on all matters in the inter- - هو جزء من
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