Palestinian factions agree on election plans

(VOVWORLD) - Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas say they have agreed on the mechanisms for upcoming legislative and presidential elections, after a rapprochement between the two movements.

The deal reached on Tuesday in Egypt’s capital city of Cairo provides for an “electoral cases court” and commits to allowing free campaigning and voting. Another meeting is scheduled to be held next March in Cairo for the factions in order to agree on bases and mechanisms needed to complete forming the new National Council with the aim of developing the Palestine Liberation Organization. The factions said that the elections will be held in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip without exception, adding all factions will be committed to respect the elections final results.

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