Parliamentary elections are to be held on May 22, followed by a presidential vote on July 31.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will be held later this year. But the road to the vote key to advancing Palestinian statehood and mending a rift between Abbas Fatah party and the Islamic militant group Hamas is littered with obstacles.
Parliamentary elections are to be held on May 22, followed by a presidential vote on July 31. The rival factions will meet in Egypt later this month, hoping to work out logistics and settle their differences before election campaigns kick off.
Dubai: The Palestinian Authority has announced it will hold its first national elections in more than a decade, local media reported yesterday.
In a statement carried by the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, the PA said that President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday enacted a decree to hold legislative, presidential, and national council elections on three phases later this year.
According to the decree, legislative elections will be held on May 22, 2021, presidential elections on July 31, 2021, and the Palestinian National Council elections on Aug. 31, 2021.
The decree considers the legislative elections, which will be held in the areas administered by the Palestinian Authority, as the first phase for the subsequent formation of the Palestinian National Council, the PLO legislature which represents the Palestinian people at home, abroad, and in the diaspora.
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2006 will be h
AMMAN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement of the first parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years has raised hopes of an end to longstanding divisions, but skeptics doubt it will bring about serious change.
According to decrees issued by the presidential office on Friday, the Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, will hold legislative elections on May 22 and a presidential vote on July 31.
Hanna Naser, head of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, told a packed press conference a day earlier that the decrees will usher in a badly needed democratic process.
Naser said the elections will be transparent and will deliver a functioning legislative council, adding: “After 15 years without a legislative body, it is important to have accountability through a council elected by the people.”