AlJazeera.net (Qatar) "Fatah to vote for new leadership"

Fatah to vote for new leadership

Abbas, who took over as party chief after the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, will retain his position [AFP]

Delegates of the Palestinian Fatah movement are set to vote for members of the 21-strong Central Committee and the 120-member Revolutionary Council, the party's governing bodies.

The vote at the party conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem is the first leadership election in 20 years.

"A strong wind of change is blowing over the congress. In my view, at least half the current members of the Central Committee and the Revolutionary Council will be replaced," a delegate said.

However, the vote not affect the position of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, who is described by Fatah officials as "the consensus candidate".

Voting was initially scheduled for Friday but was postponed by a day because of the large number of party members registering as candidates.

Among those seen as leading candidates are Marwan Barghouthi, the party's................

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