The Hamas-affiliated Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), elected on Sunday a new committee to lead the bloc headed by the Hamas senior leader Mahmoud al-Zahhar.

The bloc announced the nomination of MPs: Marwan Abu Ras as deputy head, Mohammad Faraj al-Ghoul as secretary general, Mushir al-Masri as spokesman, and Jamal Nassar as treasurer.

In a statement, Mushir al-Masri hailed the efforts of the former committee and affirmed that the new leadership will contact other parliamentary blocs in order to activate the PLC in the West Bank.

Masri pointed out that it was the ninth time that the Change and Reform bloc conducted periodic elections.