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Without introductions, and surprisingly, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) waived the condition of holding simultaneous elections for the Legislative Council, the Presidency and the National Council of the Liberation Organization, and announced its approval of the president’s demand. of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to celebrate them in a row.
This decision by Hamas came about a month after the failure of Cairo’s dialogue with the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) at the end of last November, which coincided with the announcement by the Palestinian Authority of the resumption of its relations with Israel .
Al-Jazeera Net revealed at the time the details of the last moments of the failure of the Cairo dialogue, due to the disagreement of the two movements on the method of holding the elections.
Hamas justified its new position in response to the interventions of 4 countries (Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Russia) and that it received guarantees from these countries that the three elections would be held consecutively within a period of 6 months, and that they were monitored to ensure its integrity.
Abbas welcomed Haniyeh’s message on elections (Anatolia)Official request
An official Hamas source revealed to Al-Jazeera Net that the movement feared that Abbas would avoid completing the remaining elections after achieving his goal of holding legislative elections first.
The source said, preferring not to reveal his identity, that the current move towards reconciliation came at the initiative of Abbas himself, who formally called on the four countries to intervene with Hamas to resume reconciliation efforts and end the division that continues. since mid-2007 through the electoral portal.
He affirmed that national reconciliation for Hamas is a “strategic option” and that for this reason he did not hesitate to respond to this initiative and to the interference of the State, but he wanted “guarantees” that would achieve justice and integrity, which motivated the exchange of two messages between the head of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh and President Abbas.
Abbas welcomed the content of Haniyeh’s written letter transmitted to him by the secretary of the Fatah Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub.
Wasfi, whose title is a prominent leader in Hamas and a former minister in its 10th government, told Al-Jazeera Net that the president is now required to issue decrees that set the dates for elections starting with the Legislative Council, then the presidency and they end with the National Council.
“Hamas has achieved what it wants for President Abbas through the letter from Abu al-Abd (Haniyeh), which included formal approval to hold back-to-back elections, and now it must take the appropriate step by issuing decrees at specific times not exceed 6 months, as previously agreed, “he added.
Its title claimed that Hamas is interested in free and fair elections that achieve justice for all regardless of who wins, saying: “The homeland needs all patriotism, and this is what the movement discussed with mediators who provided guarantees to achieve it by committing to supervise it impartially. “
Proportional representation
Regarding the mechanisms and the law of the elections, the Hamas leader explained that it had been previously agreed between the forces and factions to carry them out according to a complete proportional representation system.
Regarding the method of candidacy, and whether it will fight with a unified national list or with separate factional lists, or perhaps with factional alliances, its title said that this is left to the National Conference (factional dialogue), which will discuss after the broadcast. of the presidential decrees in the details to set the scene and prepare them for the elections.
Its title affirmed that Hamas is open to discuss all options that achieve the national interest, and reserves the right of political association for all, far from exclusion and exclusivity.
Hamas had won the parliamentary majority in the last elections that took place in early 2006 according to the list and district system, but soon with disagreements that led to the bloody fighting that led to the division on June 14, 2007.
Guarantees and inquiries
For his part, a political analyst close to Hamas, Ibrahim Al-Madhoun, confirmed to Al-Jazeera Net that the movement did not want the period of division to continue throughout these years, and this explains its continuous response to all initiatives. and efforts.
Regarding the new post, Al-Madhoun explained that Hamas had received assurances from the mediating countries that allayed its fears that President Abbas would be satisfied with the legislative elections and overruled the completion of the presidential and National Council elections.
Al-Madhoun said that Hamas held internal consultations in its leadership frameworks and came out with a “positional appreciation” of the need to remove pretexts and not accuse it of thwarting reconciliation efforts, on the one hand, and that it contributes to strengthening its international relations, either with fundamental Arab countries or with important countries like Russia.
Consequently, Al-Madhoun adds, the interventions of these countries converged with Hamas’s belief that holding the three elections is the correct way to renew legitimacy and revive national institutions, as the only way to achieve a national partnership. full.
Al-Madhoun said the new movements give rise to cautious optimism, awaiting how Abbas will deal with Israeli pressure, after realizing that Hamas cannot be ignored and neutralized from the scene.
The political analyst ruled out that Hamas adopts any “dramatic position” that contradicts what it has been announcing about its adherence to the option of reconciliation, even if current efforts fail.
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