DR SAMI ABU ZUHRI, THE SPOKESMAN FOR HAMAS, HAS REITERATED THE ADHERENCE OF HAMAS TO THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE DESPITE OF THE REJECTION OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS TO IT . IN A STATEMENT TODAY, DR ABU ZUHRI VOICED OPPOSITION TO THE IDEA OF HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND SAID SUCH ELECTIONS WILL BE ILLEGAL ELECTIONS . 'ABBAS'S CALL FOR HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS WILL NOT BE MORE THAN 'MERE INK ON PAPER', HE SAID. DR ABU ZUHRI POINTED OUT THAT THE CENTRAL COUNCIL IS AN ILLEGAL INSTITUTION AND IT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONSIDER ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REPRESENT ALL PALESTINIAN FORCES, HE ELABORATED.
