Senior Catholic priest calls for online voting to elect new PLO leadership
May 29, 2021 – Middle East Monitor
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Father Manuel Musallam, head of the World Popular Organisation for Jerusalem Justice and Peace, called on Friday for the election of members of the Palestinian National Council to produce a new leadership for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and to choose a president for the Palestinian National Fund (PNF).
Musallam, in a Facebook post, also promoted the idea of an online voting process with the aim of: “Including all the Palestinian people at home and the diaspora abroad.”
He confirmed that the Gaza–Jericho project has come to an end to make place for the West Bank-Gaza project after the Sword of Jerusalem battle, noting: “The issue of Jerusalem is postponed but is put on the negotiating table.” (...)