January 26, 2021 at 11:52 am | Published in: Middle East, News, Palestine
Former Palestinian security minister Mohammed Dahlan (L) and Yasser Arafat s senior advisor Palestinian Nabil Abu Rudeina (C) chat during a meeting, 01 November 2004 in Paris [THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images] January 26, 2021 at 11:52 am
The Fatah movement has turned down a proposal made by the Democratic Reform Current, led by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan, to run on a joint list in the upcoming elections,
the New Khaleej reported yesterday.
One day after the issuance of the election decree, Sufyan Abu-Zaydeh, a senior leader in the Democratic Reform Current, posted on Facebook that the party had planned to run on a united list with Fatah. He added that Fatah had rejected the proposal, so the party will now run alone.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, hands over the election decree to the head of the Central Election Commission Nasser Hanna, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on January 15, 2021. (Photo: Thaer Ganaim/APA Images)
Over the past week, the streets in Palestine have been buzzing with talk of something that many Palestinians thought might never happen again: elections.
On January 15th Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that presidential and parliamentary elections would be held this spring and summer, 15 years after he was first elected for what was supposed to be a four-year term.
According to Abbas’ presidential decree, elections for the long-defunct Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) will take place on May 22, followed by presidential elections on July 31.
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