RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Work is underway, to draft a temporary constitution and a political parties law, in preparation for upcoming elections, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said, yesterday.
“The State of Palestine would be democratic, based on equal citizenship, political pluralism, freedom of expression, the formation of political parties, the rule of law, good governance, human rights, integrity, and equality, with one system, one law, and one legitimate weapon,” Abbas said, during a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
He noted, “Peaceful popular resistance, alongside political, diplomatic, and legal action, remains the strategic choice to end the occupation.”
Abbas affirmed in Oct last year, a commitment to hold general presidential and parliamentary elections within a year, after the end of the war in Gaza.– NNN-WAFA