The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities - APLA, represented by its President, Musa Hadid met with Attorney-General Akram Al-Khatib in the Attorney General's Office in Ramallah. The meeting was attended by members of the Executive Committee of the APLA, the Mayor of Al-Bireh Azzam Ismail, the Mayor of Bitunia Rabhi Doleh, Tubas Mayor Khaled Abdel Razek and the Executive Director of the APLA Mr. Abdallah Anati, the Prosecutor, Mr. Nashat Ayouch, and Prosecutor Mr. Jamil Sajdieh.

After welcoming the Executive Committee of the APLA, Al-Khatib stressed the sensitivity of the role played by local authorities and the role of the APLA as a key partner in the local government sector in Palestine. He stressed the need to intensify direct meetings between the two parties in order to coordinate efforts to establish justice, best for the Palestinian citizen.

Mr. Hadid congratulated Mr. Al-Khatib for his new post, and stressed the need to deepen the bonds of cooperation between the APLA and the Public Prosecution to reflect the joint action to follow up all issues related to local government bodies in Palestine, and to maintain constant communication between the parties, to move forward in the service provided for the citizen.

The two parties discussed the proposed amendments to Law No. 32 of 2018 concerning the courts of local authorities, discussed the problems that impede its execution as such, and the proposed mechanisms to facilitate the handling of the current law until it’s amended.

APLA and the Public Prosecution of the State of Palestine agreed to form a joint committee to study the law of courts of local authorities and the proposed observations from all parties in order to develop an amended law.