President For Life

[Hossfly]

It looks like Abu Mazen will be president until his ticker stops beating. P F Tinmore won't be happy about this. Tinnie has been saying for years that Abbas is not the rightful president.


Best birthday wishes to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who turned 81 last week. The octogenarian appears ready to remain at the helm until his last day — free elections for Palestinians be damned.

Abbas has inherited a tradition of tyranny. His predecessor, Yasser Arafat, was also president for life. Both have plenty of company, joining a long list of African presidents who earned the notorious title of “President for Life” – in Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea and Gambia. And let us not forget the Arab dictators in these ranks.

One might hope for at least a deputy — someone to fill the impending and inevitable power vacuum in the PA. Not likely.

Abbas has fiercely resisted demands from leaders of his ruling Fatah faction to name a deputy president or a successor. His reasoning: the time is not “appropriate” for such a move. Palestinians should instead concentrate their energies on rallying international support for a Palestinian state.


Palestinians: Presidents for Life, No Elections - Israel News

 

[Boston1]

The Arab Muslims in Israel must be all retarded or something. Not that any other group of Arab Muslims seem capable of running a simple government but wow, what a cluster fuck.

The Arab Muslims of Israel are hands down the most incompetent bunch of boobs ever assembled.

5 or so billion a year in donations JUST from the UN alone, with another few billion from Quatar PLUS even more from all the others and these idiots can't even pay their electric bill.

Now we here that Abbas that embezzling genius of a puppet head is now going to ignore another elections cycle.

Perfect

Who would have expected anything less

 

[Hollie]

It looks like Abu Mazen will be president until his ticker stops beating. P F Tinmore won't be happy about this. Tinnie has been saying for years that Abbas is not the rightful president.


Best birthday wishes to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who turned 81 last week. The octogenarian appears ready to remain at the helm until his last day — free elections for Palestinians be damned.

Abbas has inherited a tradition of tyranny. His predecessor, Yasser Arafat, was also president for life. Both have plenty of company, joining a long list of African presidents who earned the notorious title of “President for Life” – in Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea and Gambia. And let us not forget the Arab dictators in these ranks.

One might hope for at least a deputy — someone to fill the impending and inevitable power vacuum in the PA. Not likely.

Abbas has fiercely resisted demands from leaders of his ruling Fatah faction to name a deputy president or a successor. His reasoning: the time is not “appropriate” for such a move. Palestinians should instead concentrate their energies on rallying international support for a Palestinian state.


Palestinians: Presidents for Life, No Elections - Israel News

Abbas has fiercely resisted demands from leaders of his ruling Fatah faction to name a deputy president or a successor.


As long as the UNRWA welfare spigot is gushing out the cash, Abu "mo cash money" will be there stuffing his pockets.

 

[P F Tinmore]

The US installed Abbas in the West Bank and they are supplying a lot of money to keep him there.

The question is that will the US allow the constitutional requirements to replace a president to proceed?

 

[MJB12741]

The US installed Abbas in the West Bank and they are supplying a lot of money to keep him there.

The question is that will the US allow the constitutional requirements to replace a president to proceed?

The Palis need another leadership like 'ole Yassar to take them from the toilet to the sewer, embezzel their money & keep them living in ignorance & poverty with no hope for any Palestinian state. Oh wait, I forgot, they elected Hamas. Down with Abbas. Long live Hamas!

 

[ForeverYoung436]

The US installed Abbas in the West Bank and they are supplying a lot of money to keep him there.

The question is that will the US allow the constitutional requirements to replace a president to proceed?

Everything is always blamed on the Great Satan (U.S.) and the Little Satan (Israel). Abbas and the Palestinians aren't any different from the other Arab states when it comes to democracy. But let's give credit where credit is due. Tunisia is actually taking some baby steps towards true democracy!

 

[Boston1]

The Arab Muslims in Israel are an ungovernable mob. This is why NONE of the peace treaties have worked out. Israel coddles the Arab Muslims and makes concessions, makes an effort towards a peace deal, like the Oslo accords. But the Arab Muslims don't seem to have any more respect for rule of law than they do for their own leaders. Commit whatever crimes they want and screw it up every time.

Abbas is inconsequential. he never was. The mob will be the mob and until Israel gets tough and starts working the Geneva Conventions.

 

[Phoenall]

It looks like Abu Mazen will be president until his ticker stops beating. P F Tinmore won't be happy about this. Tinnie has been saying for years that Abbas is not the rightful president.


Best birthday wishes to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who turned 81 last week. The octogenarian appears ready to remain at the helm until his last day — free elections for Palestinians be damned.

Abbas has inherited a tradition of tyranny. His predecessor, Yasser Arafat, was also president for life. Both have plenty of company, joining a long list of African presidents who earned the notorious title of “President for Life” – in Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea and Gambia. And let us not forget the Arab dictators in these ranks.

One might hope for at least a deputy — someone to fill the impending and inevitable power vacuum in the PA. Not likely.

Abbas has fiercely resisted demands from leaders of his ruling Fatah faction to name a deputy president or a successor. His reasoning: the time is not “appropriate” for such a move. Palestinians should instead concentrate their energies on rallying international support for a Palestinian state.


Palestinians: Presidents for Life, No Elections - Israel News

Don't they need to rally support amongst themselves for a Palestinian state, until they do the world will see that they are at odds with themselves.

 

[Phoenall]

The US installed Abbas in the West Bank and they are supplying a lot of money to keep him there.

The question is that will the US allow the constitutional requirements to replace a president to proceed?

No the Palestinians installed him, and now they cant get rid of him. They only have themselves to blame for the problems they now face