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CEC chairman: Two million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem are eligible to vote
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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.”
2021-01-16 16:05:34 GMT2021-01-17 00:05:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
RAMALLAH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) A senior Palestinian official announced on Saturday that 2 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem are eligible to vote in the coming elections.
All Palestinians over 18 years old in the Palestinian territories should be able to vote freely or become candidates, Hana Nasser, chairman of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, told a news briefing in Ramallah.
Nasser made the remarks a day after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued decrees to hold legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31.
However, there are no guarantees that Israel would give the Palestinians a permission to hold the elections in East Jerusalem, but we have our alternative plans to hold the elections in the city in case Israel refuses, he said.
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