Any organization that has not provided democratic mechanisms for change and renewal tends to age and become monotonous and ineffective. This aging and dullness became most evident in the past few years, as Fatah first lost the 2006 legislative elections to Hamas, and then its presence in the Gaza Strip.
事实上，如果一个组织不能采用民主机制来推动内部改革和更新的话，那么整个组织就会走向老化，僵化而且无效率。但在近几年来，这种老化僵化现象在法塔赫身上变得尤为明显，这从法塔赫于2006年在立法机关选举中首次败给哈马斯，随后还被赶出加沙地带的事件中可见一斑。