Abbas pledges to stay on until next Palestinian election
By Reuters

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he plans to stay on in his post until the next election is held and that he would be ready to hold the vote as soon as consensus was reached with Islamist group Hamas. Abbas repeated he would not run for re-election. He said Palestinian authorities were planning for a new election, which he last week confirmed would be postponed from the scheduled date of Jan. 24. If consensus was reached with Hamas in the next month or two, then elections could be held immediately thereafter, he added.

"At any time we have the election I will go away and will not run," Abbas told reporters in the Chilean capital Santiago when asked if he would stay on until a vote is held. His comment appeared to dispel fears of a vacuum once the current legislature and his term as president expire on Jan. 25.

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