The New Indian Express ·
Fatah official says Palestinian legislative elections delayed, urges presidential vote first
RAMALLAH: A top Palestinian official on Thursday said legislative elections due to be held in late November won't take place on time, calling for presidential elections first instead.
"There will be no elections... We will proceed to elections after holding a comprehensive Palestinian national dialogue to reach consensus on the mechanisms for conducting them," Fatah secretary-general Jibril Rajoub told reporters in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
Rajoub, from the dominant Fatah party of 90-year-old President Mahmoud Abbas, said holding presidential elections first "would solve a large part of the problem".
