Widow of Opportunity?

In my view it´s a good thing that there´s at least one serious competitor for Abbas in Palestinian presidential elections. He´s earned the support of the old guard of Fatah and now he has to earn the support of the majority of the Palestinian voters. He will not be a predetermined choice put upon them by old men who haved lived most of their life in exile - fighting a good fight, but still away from the people who have lived under Israel´s occupation - but a man that the people themselves can elect to be their leader if they think him to be worthy of the honour and foremost capable of fullfilling the goal of national liberation. If he´s the right person to win that fight, then he will win the hearts of the population. If not, then somebody else will. That´s democracy.