Syria to hold first parliamentary election- What you need to know

Syria volition beryllium holding its archetypal parliamentary predetermination nether the caller medication connected October 5, aft implicit 5 decades of dictatorship and a decennary of brutal civilian war, authorities quality bureau SANA said connected Sunday.On Saturday, the committee extended the deadline for submitting appeals against members of the electoral bodies until the adjacent of concern connected Sunday, September 21.

The predetermination process

The process volition began with the Supreme Electoral Committee appointing subcommittees, which volition prime the electoral bodies liable for accepting campaigner applications. From these bodies, preliminary campaigner lists volition beryllium prepared. Citizens tin past capable to taxable objections to candidates, which were reviewed earlier last lists were announced. Elections volition beryllium held among the electoral assemblage members, and ballots volition formed done direct, concealed voting. The subcommittees volition number the votes and denote preliminary results, Sana quality bureau reported. The President has appointed one-third of the 210 members of parliament from extracurricular the electoral body. The results volition beryllium finalized with a statesmanlike decree, and the recently elected People’s Assembly (Parliament) volition clasp its archetypal session.

This important modulation comes aft much than 50 years of dictatorship nether the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule.In Syria, rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad successful December, subsequently acting arsenic the country’s de facto authorities. Mr al-Shara was named interim President and has overseen a transitional government.