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The following is an English translation of the official text of the Program of the new Palestinian National Unity Government:
In the name of God, the
Merciful and Compassionate, The Program of the national unity government,
(The eleventh
government)
The Palestinian
people have lived for more than 60 years under the yoke of dispersion,
deprivation and eviction and suffered due to occupation all kinds of suffering
and oppression and aggression while our people marked a long process of
struggle, resistance, perseverance, and resilience through which they
sacrificed hundreds of thousands of martyrs and injured and prisoners and gave
the best examples of sacrifice and self denial and giving and clinging to their
rights and constants moving through important historical phases until we
reached the phase of the national unity government (the eleventh government).
This government
was born after many efforts exerted by the loyal members of our people who
worked day and night to reach a reconciliatory vision and common denominators
that gather all Palestinians under one umbrella.
This government
came as a fruit of the positive spirit and mutual confidence that resulted in
solving all issues in the various fields and this government is one of the
major and leading results of the blessed Mecca Agreement under the sponsorship
of the Saudi King Abdul Aziz. The national unity government is the culmination
of a long series of Palestinian dialogues where Egypt
and Syria
had a leading role in sponsoring these dialogues and following them up with
appreciated efforts by several brotherly Arab countries and the Arab and
Islamic organizations. It also reflects the devotion and loyalty to the long
process of martyrs and the pains of the prisoners and injured, mainly the major
martyrs the late president Yasser Arafat and Sheikh Imam Ahmad Yaseen and Leader
Abu Ali Mustafa and leader Fathi al-Shiqaqi and leader Abdul Abbas.
Based on the
national conciliation document and in light of the letter of commissioning, the
national unity government will work at all levels in a manner that achieves the
higher interests of the Palestinian people in the following manner:
First: at
the political level
1- The government affirms that the key to security and stability
in the region depends on ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian
territories and recognizing the right to self determination of the Palestinian
people; the government will work with the international community for the sake
of ending the occupation and regaining the legitimate rights of the Palestinian
people so that we can build a solid basis for peace, security and prosperity in
the region.
2- The government shall abide to protect the higher national
interests of the Palestinian people and protect their rights and preserve and
develop their accomplishments and work on achieving their national goals as
ratified by the resolutions of the PNC meetings and the Articles of the Basic
Law and the national conciliation document and the resolutions of the Arab
summits and based on this, the government shall respect the international
legitimacy resolutions and the agreements that were signed by the PLO.
3- The government shall abide by rejecting the so called state
with temporary borders because this idea is based on taking away from the
legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
4- To cling to the right of the Palestinian refugees and right of
return to their lands and properties.
5- To work diligently for the sake of liberating the heroic
prisoners from the Israeli occupation prisons.
6- To confront the measures of the occupation on the ground in terms
of the assassinations, arrests, and incursions. The government shall grant
special importance to the city of Jerusalem to
confront the Israeli policies pertaining to the people, lands and holy sites of
Jerusalem.
7- To consolidate the relations with the Arab and Islamic
countries and open up and cooperate with the regional and international
surrounding on the basis of mutual respect.
Second: at
the level of the occupation
1- The government affirms that peace and stability in the region
depends on ending all forms of occupation of the Palestinian territories and
removing the apartheid wall and settlements and halt of the Judaization of
Jerusalem and policies of annexation and restore the rights to their owners.
2- The government affirms that resistance is a legitimate right of
the Palestinian people as granted by the international norms and charters; our
Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves in face of any Israeli
aggression and believes that halting resistance depends on ending the occupation
and achieving freedom, return and independence.
3- Despite this, the government, through national conciliation,
will work on consolidating the calm and expanding it to become a comprehensive
reciprocal truce happening at the same time between both sides and this should
be in return for Israel halting its occupation measures on the ground in terms
of assassinations, arrests, incursions and home demolition and leveling of
lands and the digging works in Jerusalem and it should work on removing the check[points
and reopening the crossings and lifting all the restrictions on movement and
the release of prisoners.
4- The government affirms what came in the national conciliation
document on the issue of the administration of the negotiations which is the jurisdiction
of the PLO and the President of the PNA on the basis of clinging to the
Palestinian national goals and towards achieving these goals, so that any offer
on any final agreement should be presented to the new Palestinian National
Council for ratification or to hold a general referendum to have the
Palestinian people inside and abroad and to have a law that organizes this
referendum.
5- The government shall support the exerted efforts and shall
encourage the relevant parties to accelerate and end the case of the Israeli
soldier in the context of an honorable prisoners exchange deal.
Third: at
the security level
The national unity government realizes the internal difficult
conditions and believes that its top priority at the coming phase is to control
the current security conditions and in order to achieve this, the government
shall depend in its program on the following:
1- to form a higher national security council that represents the
terms of reference to all security services and the framework that organizes
their work and define their policies, and request from the PLC to finalize the
law pertaining to the national security higher council.
2- to structure the security services and build them on
professional basis and work to provide their needs and reduce the partisan
considerations and move them away from political polarizations and conflicts
and consolidate in them the loyalty to the homeland and to have them abide by
executing the decisions of their political leadership and to make sure that the
personnel working in these services commit themselves to the tasks commissioned
to them.
3- To work on activating the laws that have been ratified by the
PLC with regards to the security institution.
4- to set up a comprehensive security plan to end all forms of
chaos and security chaos and aggressions and protect and prevent any bloodshed
and honor of families and funds and public and private properties and control
the weapons and provide security to the citizen and work on ending the
oppression inflicted on the people through the rule of the law and support the
police to perform its duties in the best manner.
Fourth: at
the legal level
1- the government shall work in full cooperation with the judicial
authority to secure the reform and activation and protection of the judicial
apparatus with all its institutions in a manner that can enable it to perform
its duties in the context of achieving justice and fighting corruption and
abiding by the rule of the law and implement the law with transparency and
integrity on everybody without any interference from any party.
2- The government affirms that it work according to the Basic Law
which organizes the relations between the three authorities on the basis of
separating between the authorities and respect the authorities granted to the
Presidency and to the government according to the law and order.
3- The government shall assist Mr. President in performing his
various duties and will make sure to cooperate fully with the Presidency institution
and the constitutional institutions and work with the PLC and the juridical
authorities towards developing the Palestinian political system on the basis of
having a unified strong national authority.
Fifth: At
the level of the Palestinian values system
1- The eleventh government shall abide by consolidating national
unity and protect social peace and consolidate the values of mutual respect and
adoption of the language of dialogue and end all forms of tension and
consolidate the culture of tolerance and protection of the Palestinian blood
and ban internal fighting.
2- The government affirms the unity of the Palestinian people
inside and abroad and shall work to have the participation of the Palestinian
people abroad in all matters pertaining to the Palestinian affairs.
3- The government shall seek to consolidate national conciliation
and towards achieving comprehensive national conciliation through forming a
higher national commission under the sponsorship of the presidency and the
government to be formed from the PLC and the factions and the well known
figures and legal experts and scholars. The aim of this commission is to end
the blood problems between the factions and families and assess the damage
caused to the properties and institutions and work on solving these problems.
4- The government shall work on reinforcing the principle of
citizenship through equality in rights and duties and equal opportunities and
consolidate social justice in appointments and recruitments in the various
ministries and institutions and end all forms of political favoritism in civil
and security recruitments.
5- The government affirms its respect to the principle of
political pluralism and protection of public freedoms and reinforce the values
of Shura and democracy and protect the human rights and consolidate the
principle of justice and equality and protect the free press and freedom of
expression and abide by peaceful transfer of power and authorities and conclude
the elections at the local councils within the next six months God willing.
6- The government shall abide by providing a dignified life to the
Palestinian citizen and provide the requirements of life and social welfare and
meet the health needs and develop the health facilities and expand health insurance
and improve the situation of the hospitals and clinics and work on tackling the
phenomena of poverty and unemployment through providing job opportunities and
development projects and social securities and the social welfare program; the
government shall grant special care to the education and higher education and
shall encourage scientific research and provide its needs.
7- To care for the sectors of laborers, farmers, fishermen and the
sectors of youths and women so that women can assume the status they deserve
based on their sacrifices and to secure to them participation in the decision
making process and to contribute in the building process in all institutions
and ministries and at the various fields.
Sixth: the
economic situation
1- The government shall work on ending the siege imposed on our
Palestinian people through the programs and relations and to activate the
regional and international frameworks to alleviate the suffering of our
Palestinian people.
2- The government shall give priority to upgrade and advance the
national economy and encourage the economic and trade sectors with the Arab and
Islamic world and encourage economic and trade relations with the European
Union and the rest of the world.
3- to move to protect the consumer and encourage the private
sector and provide the proper climate for its activities and lay down the sound
rules for government work and its official institutions and the institutions of
the private sector and end monopoly. The government shall work on providing the
proper climate and protection and stability of investment projects.
4- The government shall work on respecting the principles of free
economy in a manner that meets with our values and norms and in a manner that
serves the Palestinian development and protect the private sector and encourage
investment and fight unemployment and poverty and reinforce the productive
economic sectors and reconstruct the infrastructure and develop the industrial
zone and the housing and technology sectors.
Seventh: the
field of reform
1- The government which adopts the reform strategy affirms to your
respectful council and to the people who granted us their esteemed confidence
that we will remain faithful and the citizen shall feel this in the work of the
government – God willing – through real achievements on the ground in the areas
of administrative and financial reforms and cooperate with the PLC on issuing
the laws that reinforce reform and that fights corruption and to look into the
structures and methods of work in a manner that guarantees efficacy of work and
performance in the ministries and their abidance by the law.
2- The government shall work on meeting the urgent needs of the
citizen in the various fields through planning and initiatives and in defining
the priorities of spending and rationalize spending and in launching
initiatives and innovative ideas and maintain the highest degrees of
credibility and transparency.
3- within the context of reform, the government shall seek to
fight corruption and reinforce the values of integrity and transparency and
refrain from abusing public funds and we will give the matter of administrative
development a social dimension and societal culture that establishes for a new
concept and formulate a Palestinian societal strategy for administrative
development and to develop a sound working mechanism based on the principles of
modern administration which can assist in implementing this strategy according
to the requirements and needs of the Palestinian society.
Eighth:
International relations
At
the time when our government stresses on its Arab and Islamic depth, it shall
work on establishing sound and solid relations with the various world countries
and with the international institutions, including the UN and the Security
Council and the international regional organizations in a manner that assists
reinforcing world peace and stability. The European Union has offered lots of
assistance to our Palestinian people and supported our people's right in freedom
and independence and the EU has had serious standpoints in launching criticism
to the Israeli occupation policies; therefore, we are interested in solid ties
with the EU and we expect from it a larger role in exerting pressure on the
occupation authorities to respect the human rights as stipulated by the
international charters to withdraw its troops from the occupied Palestinian
Territories and halt all and repeated aggressions against our people. The
government seeks to develop the relations with the countries with permanent
membership in the Security Council, mainly Russia and China and Japan and the
African and Asian countries in a manner that secures the just rights of our
people and at the same time, the government calls on the United States Administration
to reconsider its unjust positions towards the Palestinian cause and calls on
the need to respect the option of the Palestinian people as realized and
translated in the national unity government.
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