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January 28, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/881/re6.htm

First Fatah Congress in 18 Years Planned

[Al-Ahram-Egypt] Khaled Amayreh - Fatah, the main faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is planning to hold its sixth general congress on March 21. The last congress was held 18 years ago, before the creation of the Palestinian Authority (PA), when Arafat dominated Fatah with his near absolute power. The person in charge of preparations is Ahmed Qurei, former Palestinian prime minister and head of the Palestinian negotiating team. Various Fatah camps have first to agree on the composition of delegates to the conference - who has the right to participate and vote. Most Fatah members don't pay membership fees, which means that tens of thousands of nominal members can't prove their membership. There are also thousands of "independents" that are considered de facto but not formal Fatah members.

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