Syrian Minister of Information Adnan Mahmoud said the draft law on general elections aims at improving the electoral process and making a quantum leap in the democratic life
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Syrian cabinet endorsed late Tuesday a draft law on general elections
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SANA said the law aims at regulating parliamentary and local council elections and ensuring the safety of electoral process and the right of candidates to supervise the process.
The law provided for forming a Damascus-based judicial committee, called the Higher Committee for Elections
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For his part, Minister of Local Administration Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji indicated that the elections in Syria were always monitored by the Interior Ministry while the Ministry of Local Administration was responsible for supervising the local council elections.
The draft law allows all parties that would be formed in accordance with the new political parties' law to present their candidates individually or in collective lists
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The bill still needs the parliament's endorsement, which is scheduled to convene on Aug. 7
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