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2/3 of Palestinians want Abbas to step down

An overwhelming majority of Palestinians is worried about the future of liberties in Palestine and two-thirds demand the resignation of President Mahmoud Abbas and half of the public views the Palestinian Authority as a burden on the Palestinian people

 

An overwhelming majority of Palestinians is worried about the future of liberties in Palestine and two-thirds demand the resignation of President Mahmoud Abbas and half of the public views the Palestinian Authority as a burden on the Palestinian people, a poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Ramallah between 14-16 September 2017 found out.

 

According to the report, the findings of the third quarter of 2017 show that an overwhelming majority of the Palestinian public is worried about the future of liberties in Palestine. This prevailing perception seems to be driven by the recent increase in the incidents in which journalists and activists have been arrested, by the recently announced presidential decree enacting a cybercrime law, and by the government proposed amendments to the Law of the Judiciary.

 

A large majority believes that Palestinians cannot criticize the PA without fear. In fact, half of the public believes that the PA has now become a burden on the Palestinian people.

 

This worry about the future of liberties, along with the concerns about the steps taken by the PA against the Gaza Strip, might be responsible for the increase in the demand for the resignation of President Abbas and the decline in his popularity compared to that of Hamas’s potential presidential candidate, Ismail Haneyya.

 

The poll found out that today 80% of Gazans want Abbas’s resignation, satisfaction with the performance of the president is about 20%, and it is certain that he would lose any presidential elections in the Gaza Strip to Hamas’s Haneyya.

 

Moreover, Fatah is fast losing its popularity in the Gaza Strip, standing at 28% today compared to 40% only nine months ago.

 

Findings show that 67% of the public want president Abbas to resign while 27% want him to remain in office. Three months ago, 62% said they want Abbas to resign. Demand for Abbas’s resignation stands at 60% in the West Bank and 80% in the Gaza Strip.

 

Only 38% of the Palestinian public say people in the West Bank can criticize the PA without fear; 59% of the public say that people cannot criticize the PA without fear.

Half of the pubic (50%) view the Palestinian Authority as a burden on the Palestinians while 44% view it as an asset.




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