RAMALLAH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Work is underway to draft a temporary constitution and a political parties law in preparation for upcoming elections, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday.
"The State of Palestine would be democratic, based on equal citizenship, political pluralism, freedom of expression, the formation of political parties, the rule of law, good governance, human rights, integrity, and equality, with one system, one law, and one legitimate weapon," Abbas said during a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian official news agency WAFA.
He noted that "peaceful popular resistance, alongside political, diplomatic, and legal action, remains the strategic choice to end the occupation."
Abbas affirmed in Oct. 2025 a commitment to hold general presidential and parliamentary elections within a year after the end of the war in Gaza, according to WAFA. ■
