Three people will become candidates for the presidency of Syria in the upcoming elections in the republic, including the incumbent President of the Country, Bashar al-Assad. This was announced on Monday, May 3, by the chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria.
By the decision of the department, Abdullah Abdullah, Mahmoud Maraya and Assad will be able to take part in the elections. The rest of the applications were rejected due to “inconsistency with constitutional and legal norms,” ​​writes SANA.
The presidential elections in Syria will be held on May 26. Fifty-one candidates submitted applications for participation in the presidential race, but only those candidates who, according to the country’s constitution, will be supported by at least 35 deputies will be able to compete for the main post of the republic.
In March, it was reported that Syria would organize the presidential elections in such a way that every citizen of the country could vote, including those who remained in the territories not controlled by Damascus, or were forced to leave the SAR.
This clarification was made after the foreign ministers of five countries – the United States, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy – issued a joint statement on March 16 calling not to recognize the vote as legitimate, since “any political process requires the participation of all Syrians.”
The last presidential elections in Syria were held in 2014 and ended with the victory of Bashar al-Assad (88.7%), who has ruled the country since 2000.