President Mahmoud Abbas' re-election as Fatah leader reflects a state of political deterioration in the Palestinian party, Islamic Hamas movement said on Saturday.
"Selecting Abbas as a leader of Fatah dedicates the political deterioration and independency that Fatah has been suffering from for years," said Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas.
"Fatah will not be better after electing Abbas," added Abu Zuhri, the spokesman of Fatah's bitter rival.
Delegates at Fatah general conference in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have elected Abbas as a leader in an unopposed voting.
Following his election, Abbas delivered a short speech in which he slammed Hamas for preventing the Gaza-based Fatah members from traveling out of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to participate in Fatah's first convention in 20 years.
"The conference will succeed in spite of Hamas," Abbas said.
Hamas said it refused to let the 400 Fatah invitees from leaving Gaza as a way of pressure to urge Fatah stop cracking down against Hamas supporters in the West Bank.
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