Palestinian Information Centre
10/07/2012
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The de facto government of the Palestinian authority (PA) on Tuesday declared its intention to conduct
municipal elections next October in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The decision was denounced by Hamas Movement which said that such a step would undermine the current Palestinian
reconciliation efforts.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told the French press agency AFP that this decision was a departure from the
reconciliation agreements and an attempt to impose a fait accompli on the ground.
"We consider this step an escalation by the PA aimed at thwarting the reconciliation, so it assumes responsibility for
any consequent developments," the spokesman underlined.
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