Former Palestinian foreign minister unveils 25-point election program
Shortly after Nasser al-Qudwa was dismissed from Fatah due to his insistence on running in the legislative elections separately from the movement, he announced a new group dubbed the Palestinian Democratic Assembly and its extensive electoral program.
![Nasser al-Qudwa, a member of Fatah's Central Committee and the nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, reacts during a press conference in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on January 18, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2021-03/GettyImages-631976708.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=kmrWhWwG)
Former Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Qudwa revealed March 22 a three-level political program for the Palestinian Democratic Assembly (PDA) that he helped establish in order to participate in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Al-Monitor attended the virtual press conference, during which Qudwa announced his program and the detailed plan of the three-phased electoral program of the newly established group headed by the dismissed member of the Fatah Central Committee.
It begins with a simple, three-part Arabic slogan for the elections that translates into “We want to change, we want to liberate, we want to build.”