Abbas sets the dates for the Palestinian elections

Abbas sets the dates for the Palestinian elections

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, today, Friday, issued a decree setting the dates for holding the legislative, presidential and National Council elections .

According to the decree, legislative elections will take place on 5/22/2021 and the presidential elections on 7/31/2021, provided that the results of the Legislative Council elections are considered the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, provided that the National Council is completed on 8/31/2021, according to the system The basis for the Palestine Liberation Organization and national understandings is that elections for the National Council are to be held wherever possible .

This came after Abbas received the head of the Central Elections Committee, Hanna Nasir, this evening at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.