The committee drafting an interim constitution for the Palestinian Authority is expected to finish its work within a week and submit a final draft to PA President Mahmoud Abbas for approval, the Authority’s WAFA news outlet reports.
According to WAFA, the committee held its sixteenth meeting at the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Ramallah to discuss proposed constitutional articles and referred the approved clauses to experts for final review.
Speaking to the UN in September, Abbas pledged to draft an interim constitution within three months and hold elections within a year as the PA seeks to reform itself.
Abbas said the constitution would ensure that all parties participating in elections adhere to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s charter, which includes recognition of Israel.
Under US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive Gaza ceasefire plan, presented days after Abbas’s UN speech, a “faithfully” reformed PA could take the reins of Gaza and possibly lay conditions for a “credible pathway” to Palestinian statehood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that there will not be a Palestinian state.
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