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| Senior Fatah leaders resign over election results |
| 2009-08-13 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A group of senior Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip have resigned in protest at the election process and the result of the group's governing body. The eleven leaders -- all members of Fatah's Highest Committee in the Gaza Strip - cited vote manipulation as the reason behind their resignation. They have charged Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party with holding an unfair and inaccurate election that allowed some delegates to vote more than once. The Gaza delegates, who had to vote in the party election by phone because they were not allowed to leave Gaza to attend the conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, have also accused the group of neglecting Gaza members at their recent Congress -- the first in 20 years. Only two candidates from the Gaza Strip have been elected to the 23-member Central Committee. Gaza delegates had demanded a share of at least six representatives. |
| Posted by:Fred |