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2026-10-10 · Euronews

Palestinian President Abbas postpones legislative elections until September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections until September 2027, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported on Saturday. The report said Abbas had issued a decree calling for presidential and legislative elections to take place on 11 September 2027, with the presidency blaming "security, logistical and on-the-ground obstacles to establishing the conditions necessary for elections." Wafa later reported that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation - the official representative of the Palestinian people - had approved postponing the election, saying conditions had "changed fundamentally" since the elections were announced. Legislative elections had previously been scheduled for 28 November this year.

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