DAMASCUS, (ST)-Speaker of the People’s Assembly (PA) Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham announced on Sunday that the PA had received two new notifications from the Supreme Constitutional Court SCC saying that Mrs. Sawsan Omar Haddad and Mr. Sameer Ahmad Mu’alla had submitted applications of candidacy for the post of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Haddad, 51 and Mu’alla, 53, yesterday submitted their applications for the SCC attached with necessary documents, thereby increasing the number of presidential candidates to four.
Earlier, the PA was notified by the SCC about two presidential candidacy applications submitted by MP Maher Abdul Hafeez Najjar and by Dr. Hassan al-Nouri.
Presidential elections were set for May 28th, 2014 for the Syrians abroad and for June 3rd, 2014 for the Syrians resident in the country.
H. Mustafa