Hamas spokesman Hazem Kassem: Unfortunately, the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah continues to interfere with the holding of elections in Palestine, working to boycott the will of the Palestinian people and hijacking their institutions. When the leadership of the PA did not allow elections to be held for more than twenty years, the legitimacy of the institutions was eroded, their supervision was cut off, and favoritism ran rampant within them, turning them into pelagic party institutions. Holding elections will remain a right for our Palestinian people, and the PA must stop manipulating it for fear of losing the elections; The will of the people must remain supreme, and their interests must be the focus of the work of all political forces.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Kassem: Unfortunately, the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah continues to interfere with the holding of elections in Palestine, working to boycott the will of the Palestinian people and hijacking their institutions. When the leadership of the PA did not allow elections to be held for more than twenty years, the legitimacy of the institutions was eroded, their supervision was cut off, and favoritism ran rampant within them, turning them into pelagic party institutions. Holding elections will remain a right for our Palestinian people, and the PA must stop manipulating it for fear of losing the elections; The will of the people must remain supreme, and their interests must be the focus of the work of all political forces.