Syria is preparing to hold its first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime, scheduled for mid-September 2025. The Supreme Committee for Parliamentary Elections, led by Mohamed Taha Al-Ahmad, is drafting a temporary electoral system designed to ensure inclusive representation without exclusion, balancing competence and community representation. The proposed structure allocates 70% of parliamentary seats to qualified individuals and 30% to tribal leaders and dignitaries. The committee has begun consultations in Damascus to gather public input on candidate selection and is working on an initial framework for the internal regulations governing the election process. Authorities aim to conduct elections across all provinces; however, if access to eastern provinces is not possible, tribal leaders and dignitaries will be invited to explore alternative methods for forming local electoral committees. A presidential decree issued in June established a 10-member committee to oversee the formation of local electoral bodies, which will select two-thirds of the new parliament members, while the interim president will appoint the remaining one-third. The local electoral bodies are expected to be formed within approximately three weeks following the decree that finalizes the temporary electoral system.
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The local electoral bodies will be formed within about three weeks of the signing of the decree laying out the temporary system, SANA cited Ahmad as saying https://t.co/15qkF2pUCb
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