Lets see…

Abbas hasn’t held an election since his term ended in 2009. His ruling party lost the last Parliamentary elections in 2006.

He can’t guarantee or enforce a peace treaty since his government doesn’t control the Palestinian population that is in Gaza and his hold on the rest is uncertain.

The massive corruption in his regime was the subject of a congressional report this past July titled “Chronic Kleptocracy - Corruption Within The Palestinian Political Establishment”. The Palestinian population in the territories is not unaware of this issue.

His regime has been documented in numerous human rights violations.

He is compromised as beholden to foreign powers for much of his funding and other support.

I guess that he thinks that this will to do something to justify his existence.