President Abbas’s
Letter to PM Haniya
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| President Mahmud Abbas shakes hands with prime minister Ismail Haniya |
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BPNIC, February 2007
Greetings,
In my capacity as chairman of the PLO Executive Committee and president of the Palestinian National Authority and after reviewing the Basic Law and based on the authorities vested in me:
First: I commission you to form the next Palestinian government within the set period as stipulated in the Basic Law.
Second: after concluding the formation of the government and presenting it to us, the government will be presented to the Palestinian Legislative Council to get the confidence vote.
Third: I call upon you as PM of the next government to abide by the interests of the Palestinian people and to preserve their rights and maintain their accomplishments and develop them and work on achieving their national goals as ratified by the resolutions of the Palestinian National Council (the PLO’s legislative body) meetings and the Basic Law articles and the national conciliation document and Arab summit resolutions and based on this, I call upon you to respect the Arab and international legitimacy resolutions and agreements signed by the PLO.
May God help you in your steps and duties.
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