PNC urges countries and parliaments of the world to facilitate running of the Palestinian general elections

PNC urges countries and parliaments of the world to facilitate running of the Palestinian general elections

Palestine National Council (PNC) affirmed its support for the Decree of President Mahmoud Abbas, which set the date for holding general legislative and presidential elections, and the elections of Palestine National Council, the supreme legislative authority for the Palestinian people.

In a statement issued by PNC Speaker, Mr. Saleem Al-Za’anoon stressed the importance of this Decree at this time, when our people and their cause are facing risks and challenges targeting their legitimate rights, which requires arranging the national internal house, and turning the page of division, to confront those dangers and protect the rights of the Palestinian people of the homeland return and the state with its capital city of Jerusalem.

The elections confirms the adherence of the Palestinian people and their leadership to the democratic option to choose its representatives in its national institutions, foremost of which is Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and fortify this organization to thwart the plots being hatched against the Palestinian people and their national project, PNC Speaker added.

President Mahmoud Abbas issued a Presidential Decree on 15th of Jan. 2021 specifying the dates for holding the successive general elections as follows:

- Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections on 22nd of May 2021.
- Presidential elections for the post of the President of State of Palestine on 31st of July 2021.

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The PNC represents the supreme authority of the Palestinian people in all their places of residence. It sets PLO policies and plans to achieve the goals of the Palestinian people for self-determination, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees to their homes.After Al-Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine, headed by Haj Amin Al-Husseini, decided to call for the convening of a Palestine National Council which met in Gaza in 1October 1948, which was the first Palestinian legislative authority to be established in the Arab state of Palestine. The Council then formed an all-Palestine government headed by Hilmi Abdel Baqi, who represented Palestine in the league of Arab States.The first national conference was held inJerusalem on 28May -2June 1964. This first National Council had 422 members, declared the establishment of the PlO, which represents the leadership of the Palestinian Arab people. The most important of which is the Palestinian National Charter, the Statutes of the Organization and others, and Mr. Ahmad Al-Shukairy was elected Chairman of the PlO.

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