Hamas says it will not submit candidates in its own name for upcoming Palestinian municipal elections, while its rival Fatah registered candidates in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
“Hamas will not participate in the elections under the name of Hamas or with candidates known to be Hamas,” party spokesman Fawzy Barhoum tells AFP.
Instead the movement “will present academic lists, professionals, experts, people recognized for their role in the administration or for international relations.”
A Palestinian woman carries her baby past campaign posters in Ramallah on the first day of campaigning for local elections on October 6, 2012. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
The Islamist movement is to decide which candidates to back after the electoral commission announces the full list next month.
Earlier Thursday, Fatah’s Gaza spokesman Fayez Abu Eita told a news conference the party had “submitted lists of candidates for all municipalities in the Gaza Strip to the electoral commission” on the last day of registration.
The elections are due to take place in October.
— AFP
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