Gaza youth show zeal for upcoming local elections

With the municipal elections Oct. 8 in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the youth in Gaza seem eager to form their own lists as independent candidates.
Palestinians update their details at a centre run by the Palestinian Central Election Commission (CEC), in Gaza City February 11, 2013.The Palestinian Central Election Commission on Monday began registering voters in Gaza and the West Bank for an upcoming election hoped to help with healing nearly six years of political rifts among rival factions. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3DMR0
Palestinians update their details at a center run by the Palestinian Central Election Commission in Gaza City, Feb. 11, 2013. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Intellectuals and youth in the Gaza Strip are calling for the formation of youth electoral lists to run in the municipal elections slated for Oct. 8 in the West Bank and Gaza. The call is based on the need to involve the youth in decision-making operations as well as in community services.

Al-Monitor talked to Amjad Shawa, the director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network in Gaza, who stressed the need for young candidates to be part of electoral lists in order to allow Gaza youth to extensively participate in politics and community service.

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