"New Path" Holds Its Founding Conference and Organizes the First Palestinian Preliminary and Electronic Elections

Ramallah - Afaq News - The "New Path" party held its founding conference yesterday, Saturday, simultaneously in Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah, and Gaza, with the participation of its members via the video conferencing technology "Zoom", in a digital democratic experience that is the first of its kind in Palestinian political life.

The conference represented an important foundational station for the party, which has 1,354 male and female members distributed across all governorates of the homeland, with a female representation rate of 38%, while youth under the age of thirty-five constituted 68% of the total members, reflecting the wide presence of women and youth in its organizational structure.

During the conference, "New Path" organized the first Palestinian primary elections and the first Palestinian party elections conducted entirely through electronic voting. Members cast their votes directly via the party's digital application, before the electronic ballot boxes were closed at eight o'clock in the evening, and the results were announced automatically through the application within minutes, in a direct and transparent manner.

The direct elections resulted in the victory of Samer Al-Sanjalawi as the president of the "New Path" party, and the victory of Adel Al-Ghoul as the vice president.

The party members also elected 13 members for the executive office from among 31 candidates. Notably, two female candidates topped the results of the executive office elections; Dr. Huda Al-Sindawi received the highest number of votes with 501 votes, followed by Dr. Yafa Al-Kafarna with 493 votes, indicating the clear trust that women enjoy within the party and their advanced role in its leadership.

The members of the conference also voted in favor of forming a list called "New Path" to participate in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections scheduled for November 28, which will consist of 132 candidates representing various provinces and segments of Palestinian society.

The founding conference affirmed that the reliance on direct elections and digital technology in selecting the party leadership and making its decisions represents a practical translation of the principles of democracy, transparency, and accountability, and marks the beginning of a new political model that grants party members a real role in decision-making and choosing their representatives.

The establishment of "New Path" comes amid a broad Palestinian aspiration to renew political life, enhance the participation of youth and women, rebuild institutions based on elections, the rule of law, and the peaceful transfer of power, and to pave the way for a new generation of Palestinian leadership.