US EditionSyrian electors cast ballots in indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament
- Syria held parliamentary elections on Sunday to fill two-thirds of 210 seats in its first post-Assad parliament, with voting starting at 9 a.m. local time across most provinces.
- The elections followed the December overthrow of Bashar al-Assad by Islamist forces led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa and excluded regions controlled by Kurdish-led groups and Druze factions due to security and political disputes.
- Around 6,000 electors from local bodies voted indirectly under a new temporary framework, while one-third of the parliament’s seats will be appointed by al-Sharaa to promote inclusivity amid criticisms of limited democracy.
- Authorities excluded former regime supporters from voter lists, reserved a 20% seat quota for women, and postponed voting in certain provinces citing “security and logistical challenges,” as sectarian violence recently caused hundreds of civilian deaths.
- The elections represent a political milestone but face criticism for unrepresentative processes and unresolved minority representation, with outcomes viewed as a test of interim authorities’ commitment to inclusivity during ongoing national divisions.
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Syria selects first post-Assad parliament members
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Sharaa: Suspended Laws Await the New Parliament, and Syria’s Reconstruction Is a Collective Responsibility of Its People - The Syrian Observer
During his visit to the National Library in Damascus to monitor the process of selecting members of the People’s Assembly, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa affirmed that laws that have been suspended for years are now awaiting the new Parliament to review and approve them, in order to push the process of national reconstruction forward. In a speech reported by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the president stressed that the reconstruction of …
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Local committees in Syria cast their ballots for members of a transitional parliament in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the new lawmakers to be appointed directly by interim...
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