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May. 3, 2021 12:11 PM
Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month’s presidential elections in the war-torn country, state media reported Monday.
The largely symbolic election is certain to be won by President Bashar Assad, who was chosen along with two other men, Abdullah Salloum Abdullah and Mahmoud Ahmad Marie, to run. Some 51 candidates, including seven women, had applied to be candidates. The Parliament later referred the names to the constitutional court.
The presidential vote, Syria s second since civil war broke out in 2011, is scheduled to be held on May 26. Syrians abroad will vote on May 20.
Syrian court accepts 3 candidates to run for president
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