Fatah recommends forming constituent council for state of Palestine

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party recommended on Friday the formation of a constituent council for the future independent state of Palestine.

Fatah said in an official emailed press statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting for its revolutionary council held in Ramallah and chaired by Abbas that the mission of the council is to prepare for the constitution of the state of Palestine.

Fahmi Za'arir, Deputy Speaker of the revolutionary council, or Fatah parliament, said the constituent council will also end the status of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) parliament in the upcoming elections.

"The constituent council for the state of Palestine will draft the covenant of the state of Palestine and the needed legislation for the state and its citizens," Za'arir read from the statement issued after the two-day meeting of Fatah parliament.

He stressed that the Palestinians can't keep being unilaterally committed to the agreements signed with Israel, while Israel is not committed to it at all, adding that "we consider Israel as an occupation power that violated all the signed treaties."

Fatah council also called for stopping all forms of ties with the authorities of the Israeli occupation in accordance to the signed agreements "until Israel commits itself to the agreement." It also called for studying the feasibility of withdrawing the recognition of the state of the occupation.

Fatah council also rejected all the initiatives and plans that Israel backs, which are related to offering divided or partial solutions to the conflict, adding that the only solution is to end the Israeli occupation and establish the Palestinian state.

Meanwhile, Fatah council welcomed the initiative of holding an international conference for peace in the Middle east, adding that "the conference would be another tool of pressure on Israel to be committed to a meaningful peace process." Endit