GAZA, July 7
(Xinhuanet) -- The Fatah movement on Wednesday denied reports that Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat had ordered to stop the movement's elections in the Gaza
Strip.
Sakher Bseiso, a member of the movement's central committee, told reporters that the allegations made by the Israeli daily Haaretz were "mere lies as
usual."
Haaretz reported Tuesday that Arafat's supporters
had lost elections held within the Fatah movement in different areas of the Gaza
Strip.
The paper, citing Israeli sources, said that the
winners in the elections were the "reformists" who call for democratic changes
and reforms within the Fatah.
Arafat had ordered the
elections to stop, but the movement's leadership insisted on resuming the
elections, the report added.
"President Arafat asked general
security chief Abdel-Razeq Majayda to inform security services' members not to
run for the area's leadership in the elections because it will be invalid,"
Bseiso explained, refuting reports about Arafat's order to stop the
elections.
Meanwhile, the Fatah movement on Wednesday started to form a higher committee to prepare for holding elections for the movement's sixth conference in the Palestinian territories, in which new specialized committees are expected to be elected. Enditem |
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