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Palestinian Finance Minister Launches "Third Way" Electoral List

Posted on: Friday, 16 December 2005, 18:00 CST

Text of report by Palestinian news agency Wafa website

Al-Birah, 16 December: [Palestinian Finance Minister] Dr Salam Fayyad today announced the formation of the "Third Way List" under his leadership to run in the forthcoming Palestinian legislative elections scheduled to take place on 25 January.

At a news conference at the Media Centre in the West Bank city of Al-Birah today, Dr Fayyad said that the list includes independent Palestinian personalities from various political, economic and cultural positions.

Fayyad gave the names of the members of the list as follows: Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Khalid al-Assili, Dr Muhammad Judah, Salah al-Masri, Dr Fawwaz Abu-Sittah, Mrs Tahani Abu-Duqqah, Tariq Abd-al-Shafi, Dr Nazmi al-Ju'bah, Mrs Jihan Anstas, Lawyer Awad al-Batran, Lawyer Abd- al-Fattah al-Najjar, Saqr al-Jarashi and Salim Dardunah.

Dr Salam Fayyad called on President Mahmud Abbas, in his capacity as the elected president of the Palestinian people and leader of the main organization in the Palestinian [National] Authority [PNA], to make every possible effort to hold the legislative elections as scheduled.

Fayyad pointed out that his list will suspend its participation in the election campaign in order to secure real guarantees to make the legislative elections a factor to bolster internal unity, consolidate national peace, and develop the role of the national institutions. He stressed that the list will resume its role in an effective way within the next few days with the aim of creating the circumstances for holding successful legislative elections as scheduled.

Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile

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