Three Presidential Candidates to Begin Election Campaigns on May 11th
DAMASCUS,(ST)_The Supreme Constitutional Court has announced the final list of presidential candidates to formally begin their campaigns as of May,11th, 2014.
Speaking at a news conference held today, the court’s Spokesman said that the final list of presidential candidates comprises of Mr. Maher Abdulhafiz Hajjar, Mr. Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri and Dr. Bashar al-Assad.
The order of names is based on the date of the candidate’s submission of application to the court for registration as a presidential candidate.
The final list was released after the court completed studying the six grievance petitions submitted to it within three days following the rejection of the candidates’ applications.
Lawyer Majed Khadra made it clear that applications of Mr. Ahmad Ali Qse’a , Mr. Ali Hasan al-Hasan, Mr. Bashir Mohammad al-Balah, Mr. Khaled Abdu al-Kridi, Mr. Sameh Mekha’el Mousa and Mr. Samer Ahmad M’alla, who submitted grievance petitions to the court do not comply with conditions of the constitute and law.
On April 21st, The People’s Assembly [Parliament] announced that the presidential elections are to be held on May 28th for the Syrians abroad and on June 3rd for the Syrian residents in the country.
B. Qaddour