Some 400 members of the ruling Palestinian Fatah movement announced Saturday they will quit the movement as its leadership was not addressing urgent reforms needed.
In a letter addressed to Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah Chairman, Yasser Arafat, and to the movement's central committee, the members protested against "the tragic situation Fatah has reached and which was not taken care of in spite of calls for reforms."
They also cited the rampant corruption of their leaders as a reason for the move, it was reported Saturday.
The nearly 400 signatories, which did not include well-known members of the movement, blamed Khaled El-Hassan, a Central Committee member close to Arafat "for leading Fatah toward disaster, division, catastrophes, and detrimental fate."
Fatah's leadership was not challenging those "who have harmed the national interest of the Palestinian people and who are so powerful," the letter added. (Albawaba.co)
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