Abbas declares Nov. 28 for Palestinian legislative elections
LONDON: Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, declared Nov. 28, which falls on a Saturday, as the date for the long-expected Palestinian legislative elections.
The vote will take place across the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestine News Agency.
Palestinians will elect members of the Legislative Council for the first time in two decades, since January 2006, when Hamas secured a surprise victory over its rival, Fatah.
The presidential elections are expected to be scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. Abbas has led the Palestinian Authority since the former president Yasser Arafat died in 2004. The 90-year-old won the last presidential election in 2005, which gave him a four-year mandate that expired in 2009.
