DAMASCUS- Speaker of the People’s Assembly (PA) on Wednesday announced that the PA received from the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) the first presidential candidacy application submitted by MP Maher Abdul Hafeez Hajjar.
Hajjar’s bid for presidency comes a day after President of the Higher Constitutional Court (SCC) Adnan Zreik had announced that it was ready to receive candidacy applications for the post of President of the Syrian Arab Republic starting from Tuesday until may1st, 2014.
Two days ago, the PA announced that 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