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Syria to Hold First Parliamentary Elections Since Assad's Fall in September: SANA
- According to Mohamed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People's Assembly Elections, voting will occur between September 15 and 20, under Sharaa's first electoral process, state media reported.
- In a June decree, President Ahmed al-Sharaa established the High Election Committee and expanded seats from 150 to 210, according to the decree.
- Officials said seats in Kurdish-held regions and Sweida province remain allocated based on population, while Mohamed Taha al-Ahmad will appoint 70 of the 210 members, officials said.
- This month, sectarian violence in Sweida, and Israel said it was acting to defend the Druze minority, highlighting regional tensions and intervention implications.
- Future reforms are poised to enable democratic and economic changes and ratify key foreign policy agreements in the coming years, indicating a move toward broader transition.
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The Islamist government in Syria wants to have representatives of a "people's assembly" elected in mid-September. However, transition president al-Shaara has a say in the composition of the parliament.
Syria sets September date to form new transitional parliament under five-year plan
DAMASCUS, July 28 — Syrian authorities announced on Sunday that a new transitional parliament would be selected in September, with local electoral bodies picking two-thirds of the lawmakers and the country’s interim president naming the rest.After toppling longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December after nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria’s new authorities — led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa — dissolved the country’s rubber-stamp legislature and…
A parliament is to be elected in Syria between 15 and 20 September. According to the electoral law, the president is to appoint a third of the deputies. Ahmed al-Sharaa, the current leader of power, had elected himself president.
After taking power in December, Syria's transitional government is planning its first elections. However, former rebel leader and current President al-Sharaa retains central decision-making power for the time being.
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, announced on Sunday to the state media the president of the body responsible for organizing the electoral process.
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