DAMASCUS, (ST)- The People’s Assembly on Wednesday received from the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) notifications saying that six ew presidential candidacy applications were submitted by Mahmoud Khalil Halbouni, Mohammad Hassan al-Kanaan, Khaled Abdo al-Kreidi, Basheer Mohammad al-Balah, Ahmad Hassoun al-Abboud and Ayman Shamdin al-Issa Alam.
The new bids raise the number of candidates running in the coming presidential elections to 17.
Tomorrow is the deadline set by the SCC to accept applications.
H. Mustafa