SANA.png Syrian People's Assembly Elections 967 candidates apply to stand SANA, Damascus, 27 February 2016 At the conclusion of the 4th day of receiving applications for candidates wishing to stand for the upcoming People's Assembly elections on Saturday evening, the Higher Committee for Elections announced that the number of candidates has reached 967. The Committee stated that as of as of 8 PM on Saturday, the number of candidates has reached 125 in Damascus, 76 in Damascus Countryside, 105 in Aleppo city, 73 in Aleppo areas, 44 in Idleb, 155 in Homs, 66 in Hama, 98 in Lattakia, 43 in Tartous, 44 in Deir Ezzor, 54 in Hasaka, 32 in Raqqa, 34 in Daraa, 7 in Sweida, and 12 in Quneitra. Head of the Committee, Judge Hisham al-Shaar, said that the number of applicants is very good, and that the higher the number the better, as this offers voters more options to select their representatives at the Assembly. Applications for candidacy in the elections would continue to be received on each day including until March 1st, and the elections are scheduled to be held on April 13th. From: <http://sana.sy/en/?p=70781> http://sana.sy/en/?p=70781 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
