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Shams News · 2021-01-18
A Shams News report from January 2021 in which Shaban, as director of PalThink, says he is optimistic the announced elections will take place and urges every effort to make them succeed. He calls for community oversight at every stage, from preparation to the vote and the acceptance of its results, for lowering the candidacy age from 28 to 23 and reducing the 10,000-dollar fee each list must pay, both of which keep young people out, and for equal access to Palestinian media for all candidates. He suggests young people launch a national campaign for the lower age, noting that some of these points were due to be discussed at the factions' meetings in Cairo.
A Shams News report from January 2021 in which Shaban, as director of PalThink, says he is optimistic the announced elections will take place and urges every effort to make them succeed. He calls for community oversight at every stage, from preparation to the vote and the acceptance of its results,…
Omar Shaban, Director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, expressed optimism today, Monday, that the elections would take place, calling for work by all possible means to ensure their success.
Shaban stressed the necessity of societal oversight at all stages: preparation, the elections themselves, and guaranteeing recognition of their results.
He added, "The age for candidacy must be reduced from 28 to 23 so that the broadest segment, namely Palestinian youth, is given the right to run," noting that setting a participation fee of $10,000 for each list limits youth participation; therefore, the participation fee must be reduced.
Shaban called on society to provide guarantees for the implementation of the elections and acceptance of their results, and to provide equal opportunities in the Palestinian media for all candidates.
He pointed out that some of these points would be subject to discussion in the factions' meetings in Cairo at the beginning of next month, proposing that youth begin a national campaign demanding that the age for candidacy be reduced from 28 years to 23 years.
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