PA plans to hold municipal elections in December

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) electoral commission announced on Friday that municipal elections will be held in December in PA-assigned areas of the occupied West Bank and also in Gaza, AFP reports.

The last municipal vote was held in the occupied West Bank four years ago.

"We have set the electoral calendar, but we do not know if Hamas will allow the organization of municipal elections in Gaza," said Farid Taamallah, spokesperson for the electoral commission, an independent body based in Ramallah, according to AFP.

"are waiting for the Palestinian government to coordinate with Gaza and inform us of what will be decided," he added.

PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas officially announced in late April that the Palestinian legislative elections would be postponed, poiting to Israel’s refusal to allow Palestinians residing in eastern Jerusalem (Al-QUds) to vote as the reason for the postponement.