Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections under the new Administration on October 5, Syrian News Agency Sana reported today.

Elections by indirect vote for the emergence of a transitional parliament in Syria will be held on October 5, according to the constitutional declaration adopted after the fall of Bashar al -Assad, the Syrian electoral committee said today.

The People’s Assembly (Parliament) was dismantled by the new Syrian authorities coming from the Islamist coalition which took power in December 2024.

The future parliament, which will be responsible for carrying out the legislative duties during a five -year transitional period, is expected to have 210 members: 140 appointed by local committees supervised by the Electoral Commission and 70 appointed directly by temporary President Ahmed Al Sara.

Voting will take place on October 5 “in the Syrian provinces’ constituencies,” the committee said on its Telegram channel, with no more clarification.

However, as announced at the end of August, the vote was postponed indefinitely to the superstar, whose population is mostly Drouzes-this southern province became a field of violent episodes in July-and in the controlled provinces of Kurdas and in the controlled provinces. status.

The voters who will vote on October 5 are the members of the electoral committees who will be appointed in advance by the authorities.

The way the future parliament is highlighted is criticized by the opposition and organizations of civil society that denounce the excessive concentration of powers in the hands of the President and the lack of representativeness of the country’s ethnic and religious groups.

According to the Constitutional Declaration, Parliament will have a renewable term of two and a half years. It will perform the legislative duties until the adoption of a permanent constitution and hold new elections.

The new authorities in Damascus say they want to turn a page after more than 13 years of civil war, restore the unity of the country and prepare the adoption of a permanent constitution before the general elections.