GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas announced rejection of a decision passed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to hold presidential and legislative elections, saying the move will ”consolidate division” and is not in the interest of the Palestinians.
"The decision is unacceptable because Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] and Fayyad lack the legitimacy and competency to hold or host such elections," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told the AFP.
”We do not recognize the elections and will not participate in them ... because they consolidate division and will not be in the interest of the Palestinians,” he said.
Elections for the presidency, legislature or local councils "must be the product of reconciliation," Barhoum added.
"The PLO in its present state does not represent the Palestinians ... the organization with its weak structure is used to pass such policies, and is hijacked and controlled by Fatah," he went on to say.
Another Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, for his part, described the PLO move as a "political farce" designed to cover the PA's recently leaked scandals under the presidency of Mahmoud Abbas.
"Regarding its timing, the call aims at covering Abbas's scandals relating to accredited Al-Jazeera documents and creating dispute over elections to divert Palestinian public opinion from the scandals," Abu Zuhri told our correspondent.
"It is impossible to hold elections without Hamas approval, so we are not facing a serious announcement but a political farce to cover crimes and at the same time make Abbas look good. They know this better than anyone else," he said.
An official from the PLO's Executive Committee announced Saturday the organization's decision to hold presidential and legislative elections in the Palestinian territories in the few coming months.
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