Palestinian president’s son Yasser Abbas elected to top Fatah post
The vote deepens succession speculation as Mahmoud Abbas keeps the party leadership and 2,507 delegates elect 18 Central Committee members.
- On Sunday, Yasser Abbas, the businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, won a seat on the Fatah Central Committee at the party's first general conference in nearly a decade.
- The three-day conference drew 2,507 voters across Ramallah, Gaza, Cairo, and Beirut with a 94.64 percent turnout, while fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the central committee.
- Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti retained his seat with the highest vote count, while Yasser Abbas secured his position after serving as his father's "special representative."
- Some Fatah officials contend Yasser Abbas would be unable to unify Palestinians, fueling speculation that President Mahmoud Abbas may be positioning his son to succeed him as party head.
- The Palestinian Authority faces mounting international pressure to implement reforms and hold long-delayed elections amid corruption allegations, as Mahmoud Abbas has ruled by decree since his mandate expired in 2009.
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Palestinian president's son elected to top Fatah leadership body
The son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas won a seat on Fatah's top decision-making body on Sunday, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade.The congress came as Fatah faces existential challenges in the wake of the Gaza war.Yasser Abbas, 64, a businessman who spends most of his time in Canada, secured a place on the central committee after being appointed around five years ago as his father's "s…
Preliminary results in Fatah leadership elections: Abbas’s son, intelligence chief elected
Palestinian media outlets report that preliminary results have been received from the elections for Fatah’s Central Committee, the small leadership body of around 20 members that runs the movement currently controlling the Palestinian Authority. Fatah is headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Yasser Abbas, the eldest son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, was elected a member of Fatah's powerful central committee, according to preliminary election results consulted on Sunday. The vote was held at the end of the 8th General Congress of the nationalist movement, an event held simultaneously in Ramallah, Gaza, Cairo and Beirut.
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