Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that he had no wish to seek re-election at a presidential poll he has called for January and that he was not ready to debate the issue. Skip related content
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In a speech broadcast live from his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the 74-year-old PLO leader, who replaced the late Yasser Arafat five years ago, said: "I have told our brethren in the PLO ... that I have no desire to run in the forthcoming election."
