🗳️ Syria Set to Hold First Parliamentary Elections Since Liberation

syria will hold its first parliamentary election since liberation on Sunday, with voting to be conducted by electoral committee formed across the country’s provinces. The first syrian People’s Assembly to be formed since the fall of the defunct regime. The voting process, which will mark the formation of the first Syrian People’s Assembly since the fall of the defunct regime, will take place at designated electoral district centers across most provinces, as set by the Higher Committee for Parliamentary Elections. A later date will be scheduled for voting in certain areas of Raqqa and Hasakah provinces (Ma’dan, Ras al-Ayn, and Tal Abyad), while seats in the remaining districts of these provinces, as well as all districts in Sweida province, will remain vacant until conditions allow. Who is eligible to vote?

Polling stations will open at 9 a. m. tomorrow, as per Nawar Najmeh, representative for the Higher Committee for Parliamentary Elections. Eligible voters are members of the accredited electoral bodies. They will present their identification upon arrival, receive their voting cards, and then proceed to the head of the local committee to obtain an officially stamped ballot. Voters will fill out their ballots in a private voting booth before placing them openly into the ballot box. as per Najmeh, the initial voting period will conclude at 12 noon. If not all members of the electoral bodies have cast their votes by that time, polling may be extended until 4 p. m. at the latest.

Vote Counting and Announcement of Results After voting concludes, the ballot boxes will be opened publicly in the presence of the media, and the counting of votes will begin. Preliminary results will be declared immediately through national media outlets. Indeed, the representative for the Supreme Committee stated that once the preliminary results and names are released, any objections from members of the electoral committee regarding voting or counting procedures will be reviewed by appeals committees. The final results will then be declared during an official-calender/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Assyrian Organization rejects exclusion of Akitu Holiday from Syria’s official calender">official press conference held by the Higher Committee for Parliamentary Elections on the following Monday or Tuesday. Who is running for membership in the People’s Assembly?

In the lead-up to the elections, extensive preparations took place across the provinces. The nomination period for membership in the People’s Assembly closed on September 28, covering 50 electoral districts nationwide, with a total of 1,578 candidates, of whom 14 percent were women. The candidates’ campaign period commenced on…