By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Hamas in the Gaza strip has rejected the unity agreement that was brokered by Khaled Mashaal and Mahmoud Abbas for their exiled Politburo and the Palestinian Authority.
The agreement sets up an interim government in which Abbas is both the president and the prime minister. The objective is to move to new elections.
Hamas' parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh, say that the agreement does not take into account two very important items.
The first item is that Hamas won the election on January 25, 2006 and received the plurality of the votes for parliament. And yet, they have never been able to govern.
The second is that that according to the Palestinian constitution the position of president and prime minister must be held by two different people. The reason for this law was to make certain that there would broad based accountability and that no single power controlled the reigns of leadership.
I am in no way suggesting that Hamas is a paragon of democratic values, but they do have two very serious points here.
What is the reason for an election if you cast aside the results?
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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