Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since al-Assad’s fall
Al Jazeera
Vote will take place September 15-20 in the first election since President Ahmed al-Sharaa took power.
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, said the head of a body tasked with organising the election process.
Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA on Sunday that elections will take place between September 15 and 20.
They will be the first to take place under the country’s new authorities after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive in December.
One-third of the 210 seats will be appointed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with the rest to be elected.
In a recent interview with the Erem News site, another member of the elections committee, Hassan al-Daghim, said an electoral college will be set up in each of Syria’s provinces to vote for the elected seats.
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