Ra'am will hold its first-ever primaries on August 22, with the list elections to be held separately from the Islamic Movement conference and without subordination to the Shura Council, N12's Muhammad Majadala reports.
The Ra'am party will hold its first-ever primaries on August 22, according to a report by N12's Muhammad Majadala. The decision to set the date follows the party's earlier announcement – reported by The Zioneer earlier tonight – that the list elections would be held separately from the Islamic Movement's conference and without subordination to the Shura Council.
Ra'am, founded in 2021 as a breakaway from the Islamic Movement's political wing, has never held internal primaries before. The move to conduct its own candidate selection process independently of the Shura Council signals the party's continued evolution as an independent political entity, separate from the movement that gave rise to it. The August 22 date places the primaries ahead of the general election scheduled for October 27, with candidate lists due by September 7.
No further details on the primary process or candidate eligibility have been published.
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