Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected by consensus to lead the Fatah party Tuesday Nov 29,2016 as the movement opened its first congress since 2009(Some 1,400 delegates were attending) with talk mounting of who will eventually succeed the 81-year-old.
The election of members of Fatah's parliament and its central committee over the five-day conference will signal the direction the oldest Palestinian party will take at a time when Abbas is weakened by his own unpopularity and internal dissent.While the ageing leader has said he has no intention of stepping aside anytime soon, talk of who will eventually succeed him as president has intensified. He has not publicly designated a successor.
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