WEST BANK: FATAH GROUP NAME MAHMOUD ABBAS AS CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED YASSER ARAFAT.

Record ID: 566168

  • Title: WEST BANK: FATAH GROUP NAME MAHMOUD ABBAS AS CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED YASSER ARAFAT.
  • Date: 23rd November 2004
  • Summary: (U7) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (NOVEMBER 22, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: EXTERIOR OF COMPOUND 0.05 2. GV/GV/PAN: VARIOUS OF PRESS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 0.19 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TAYEB ABDEL RAHIM, MEMBER OF FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, SAYING: "The Fatah central comittee has decided by consensus to nominate brother Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, a member of Fatah central comittee, and a comerade of the leader Abu Amr (Yasser Arafat) to be the movement's nomininee for the presidential elections for the Palestinian Authority." 0.44 4. CU: CUTAWAY SOLDIER 0.47 5. MV/PAN/GV: MAHMOUD ABBAS LEAVING COMPOUND (FACE OBSCURED) (2 SHOTS) 1.27 6. LAS: EXTERIOR COMPOUND 1.32 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVADKWFRS14STQZAOPHUPCH2KJRG
  • Story Text: Dominant Palestinian faction, Fatah, names Abbas as
    presidential candidate.



    The dominant Palestinian political faction Fatah on
    Monday (November 22) named Mahmoud
    Abbas as its candidate to succeed the late Yasser Arafat in
    a presidential election scheduled for Jan. 9, officials
    said.

    "The Fatah central comittee has decided by consensus to
    nominate brother Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazen, a member of
    Fatah central comittee, and a comerade of the leader Abu
    Amr (Yasser Arafat) to be the movement's nomininee for the
    presidential elections for the Palestinian Authority,"
    Tayeb Abdel-Rahim, a member of the Fatah central comittee
    told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

    Abbas, 69 and a moderate former prime minister, is
    favoured by Israel and the United States for his calls to
    end a Palestinian armed uprising that erupted in the
    Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in September 2000.

    Although he does not enjoy a strong power base among
    Palestinians, Abbas is considered the frontrunner to
    succeed Arafat on Jan. 9 -- the first such election since
    1996.




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