Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - A group of Palestinian national, political and social figures, including about 70 personalities, launched today, Wednesday, a political initiative entitled "The National Salvation Document - A Transitional Authority to Achieve Change and Reconstruction."

And the initiative announced the release of the dismissed leader from the Fatah movement, d. Nasser Al-Kidwa during a press conference, held via "Zoom" technology, on behalf of the signatories to it, and the former leader of the PLO, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, also participated in it.

Writer Nihad Abu Ghosh told Al-Quds.com, one of the signatories to the initiative, “The initiative is important because it comes at a very dangerous moment of national decline, with the continuation of the division and the encroachment of the Israeli occupation, and the presence of manifestations of security chaos, in light of the decline in the place and role of the authority.” ".

Abu Ghosh continued, "This initiative comes to re-correct the direction of action towards changing the entire political system, on democratic bases whose title is to appeal to the people and for the PLO to be the sole and legitimate representative, and to work to find a unified national program, and it is an initiative whose texts are subject to amendment."

Abu Ghosh indicated that the initiative, in which about 70 personalities from different political tendencies participated and launched, does not represent a specific political party, but work is being done on common denominators among all, in order to expand the initiative, to rebuild the political system on a unified national program.

During the press conference, Al-Kidwa said: "The initiative comes more than a year after the cancellation of the legislative and presidential elections, and after insisting on convening the Central Council in February of this year, despite the legal and political defects it experienced, and with the continued sharp deterioration in the Palestinian situation and the political complacency towards it, and in an attempt to prevent the imminent complete collapse.

Al-Kidwa continued, "Our goal is to push for a national state that achieves a broad and profound change in the Palestinian political system, and rebuilds its institutions, in order to enable our people to confront the major dangers that threaten their existence and national goals."

Al-Kidwa stressed that the initiative presents a vision for the necessary broad and profound change, which includes rebuilding Palestinian institutions, especially the Palestine Liberation Organization through a new national council based on general elections, in addition to a package that includes ending division, restoring unity, forming a new government away from unfair conditions, and transition policy and how to achieve it.

Al-Kidwa stressed that "this perception requires a broad national consensus, as well as commitment to democracy and the foundations of good governance, and all the elements necessary to confront the aggression and the existing Israeli challenges, as the practical step to accomplish the above is to achieve a national meeting and dialogue that leads to consensus on the perception and the transition mechanism."

The initiative emphasized that the way to achieve change is through joint action in order to make a broad and deep change to the political system, that goes beyond what exists and creates seriousness. The initiative also emphasized commitment to the democratic nature of the Palestinian political system, according to the basic Palestinian documents, and the right of the Palestinian people to hold elections.

The initiative emphasized the commitment of the various factions and components of the Palestinian people, in all their places of residence, to dialogue and that the political arena has changed, and that there are new players and youth and social movements that have the right to be part of the reconfigured political system, and of the proposed transitional mechanism.

The initiative also emphasized adherence to the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in all its places of residence, and emphasized the need to extricate the organization from its crisis, by rebuilding it in a way that enables it to face challenges.

The initiative called for rebuilding the Liberation Organization and preserving its role through the formation of a new National Council on the basis of elections. The rebuilding of the Liberation Organization must include agreement on a new national charter, a political program based on common denominators to which everyone is committed, and the organization's missions, provided that the central national goal is very clear.

The initiative touched on the mechanism of transition and the achievement of change and reconstruction, stressing that this requires achieving the aforementioned mechanism represented by the formation of a temporary body, which is responsible for conducting the national dialogue and implementing its results, provided that the date of the work of the body is specified for a period not exceeding one year, and that the membership is specific It is known, and in a way that reflects the actual Palestinian situation, including the recent changes that prevailed prior to the canceled elections, provided that the mechanism is formed through national consensus and is not a substitute for the existing bodies.

The initiative emphasized that the success of the proposed mechanism requires political, public and legal pressure to mobilize support for change.