Hamas welcomes the announcement to hold the presidential, legislative
elections; and also the elections for Palestinian National Council.
The group assures its extreme eagerness that this process
should be successful; to fulfil the benefits for the Palestinian
people; who have the right to choose their representatives.
We worked in the past months to hammer down all obstacles
so that we can reach this day; because we believe
that the nation owns the custody and the people should choose
(their representatives). We stress the importance of creating
an environment for fair and transparent elections,
so Palestinian electorates can express their will
without restrictions or pressure and with full justice and transparency.
The elections Committee will supervise the elections,
and will be the sole body responsible over the elections.
On the other hand, we call for different sectors to observe the
elections, we call upon the Europeans, even the Americans, we
call on everyone, we have no problem with observers.
Observers have specific laws and more important than external
observers, is that of internal observers.