Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not run for the position of president of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), he has said.
In remarks to Quds Press, Secretary of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council Amin Makboul revealed that Abbas informed members of the movement’s Central Committee of his decision. The elections are due to take place in the coming weeks in Ramallah.
Makboul added: “Although members of the Executive Committee asked him to reverse the decision, the president’s personal desire was not to run for presidency.” Abbas did not clarify who will be chosen as his successor, saying only that “the movement will look into the decision and take a position at the right time.”
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