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Members of Gaza s Central Elections Commission s field team register a local woman to the electoral roll, at the main road of Gaza City, February 10, 2021 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
More than 93 percent of eligible Palestinian voters registered to take part in the scheduled Palestinian elections in May before voter registration closed on Tuesday, the Palestinian Central Elections Commission said Wednesday.
“The stage of updating the electoral register has ended with excellent rates indicating awareness of the rights of citizenship and people’s thirst for the ballot box; much respect to our great people,” Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh wrote on Twitter.
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The PCEC said in a statement issued on Wednesday that 2.8 million people in the Palestinian territories have the right to vote, adding that 82 per cent of them have already been registered, reports Xinhua news agency.On W
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The parties said in the joint statement that they had agreed to establish an organizing committee and a tribunal that would deal with transparency and fairness of the elections. The tribunal is to consist of judges appointed by consensus in the near future, and it will have the authority to oversee the election and confirm the results. Security for the elections will be the responsibility of the Palestinian police, which, like other Palestinian security agencies, will not be permitted to interfere in the elections or campaigns.
The parties agreed to allow all the candidates full freedom of expression, in an attempt to set aside the rifts in Palestinian society. It has also been agreed to ensure representation to women, prisoners and residents of refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza. Refugees in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan will not take part in the elections. Members of Islamic Jihad announced that they will not run in the