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| | Palestine Center - The Palestinian Basic Law |
 | | The Basic Law was supposed to have been the governing document for an autonomy period that should have ended in 1999, the time for completion of final status negotiations. |
 | | The PA Election Law, which set up the structure for electing the new council, stated that the PLC would compose a constitutional order for the transitional period founded upon popular sovereignty, democratic principles, separation of powers, independence of the judiciary, equality among citizens, and the guarantee of the basic rights of the citizen. |
 | | He said the Basic Law should be developed by Palestinians everywhere, not just the PLC which only represented the Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. |
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