Why the Palestinian Authority’s Abbas is under pressure to pick a successor | PLO News

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under pressure to appoint a second-in-command to its ageing leader, Mahmoud Abbas, created a vice president position after meeting with senior officials on April 24.

Abbas, who is also president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), promised during an emergency Arab summit in early March that the position would be created. Yet it remains unclear who will eventually fill the post.

The aim is to prevent a power struggle after Abbas vacates his post…