Mahmoud Abbas renewed his promise of reform to Emmanuel Macron, including holding elections
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, reiterated this, Tuesday, in Paris, during an interview with Emmanuel Macron, its president “commitment” to implement “reform” within the Palestinian Authority, including holding snap elections.
“We renew our commitment here before you regarding reform”said Mahmoud Abbas after his meeting with the French president. This goes through it “holding presidential and general elections”Emmanuel Macron said that this would happen “one year after the transition to the second phase of the ceasefire” in Gaza, including the disarmament of Hamas.
Emmanuel Macron has previously stated that the Palestinian president had done so “confirming the withdrawal of the prisoner payment system” who commit violence in Israel and assured him that reform of school textbooks would be carried out, “which must exclude all hate speech in accordance with UNESCO standards”, recalled the French president.
Mahmoud Abbas and Emmanuel Macron also announced the formation of a joint committee to develop the Constitution of the State of Palestine which France recently recognized.
At the bilateral level, Mahmoud Abbas promised the speedy extradition of Palestinian Hicham Harb, who was arrested in September in the West Bank and suspected of overseeing the command of the anti-Semitic attack on the Rue des Rosiers that left six people dead in Paris in 1982.
“The legal procedures regarding extradition have reached the final stage. Only a few technical details remain, which are being handled by the competent authorities in both countries”he stated to Figaro hours before his meeting with Emmanuel Macron.
