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| PLO backtracks on Tunisia stance |
| 2011-01-16 |
| [Ma'an] The Paleostinian president's advisor to the PLO said Saturday that the body's leadership had not taken an official stance on the situation in Tunisia, contradicting a prior statement expressing solidarity. PLO advisor Ahmed Abdel Rahman said the Executive Committee had not met and therefore had not issued an official statement. Still, he extended condolences to the families of Tunisian victims, the official Paleostinian Authority news agency WAFA reported. Rahman's remarks came hours after an Executive Committee statement praised the "unprecedented courage of the Tunisian people and their heroic sacrifices for their just rights." The statement also called the spontaneous uprising across Tunisia one "against corruption and oppression," and reaffirmed that the Tunisian people possessed creative power in exercising self-determination, democracy and development. Tunisian authorities declared a state of emergency Friday following weeks of violent protests. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali quit after 23 years of authoritarian rule and decamped the country. Tunisia hosted the PLO from 1982-1992 after the Paleostinian leadership was forced to leave Beirut at the height of the Lebanese civil war. |
| Posted by:Fred |