Head of Arab mayors council slams calls to delay municipal elections amid crime surge

Wadi Ara’ara Mayor Mudar Younes, who is also director of the National Council of Arab Mayors, slams calls to delay the upcoming municipal elections in Arab locales that have been rocked by surging violent crime.

“What have we come to? A state that is prepared to give up residents’ democratic right because the government is not fulfilling its [law] enforcement duties,” Younes tells the Kan public broadcaster.

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