{"id":2778,"date":"2025-10-20T04:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wac.snuac.ac.kr\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2025-10-20T04:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:19:51","slug":"mena-focus-2025%eb%85%84-10%ec%9b%94%ed%98%b8-syrias-parliamentary-election-a-precarious-start-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wac.snuac.ac.kr\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"[MENA Focus 2025\ub144 10\uc6d4\ud638] Syria&#8217;s parliamentary Election: A Precarious Start to Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Syria&#8217;s parliamentary Election: A Precarious Start to Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Hwang Yuihyun (SNUAC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 5, 2025, Syria held its first parliamentary election since the fall of the Bashar al-Asad regime. Due to challenges with voter identification and polling station operations, the election was not conducted directly by voters. Instead, the election was held indirectly. The 11-member High Commission, appointed by the president from among politicians participated in the anti-Asad activities, civil society activists, and government figures, formed local councils in each region. These councils vetted and approved the 6,000-member electoral college. Of the 210 members of the council, 140 were elected through indirect voting, while the remaining 70 were nominated by President Ahmad al-Sharaa. Approximately 1,500 candidates were recognized and ran for office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elections were scheduled to be held nationwide in Syria. However, voting was postponed in the Kurdish governorates of Raqqa and Al-Hasaka, under the control of the Kurdish authority in confrontation with the central government, and in the southern province of Suwayda, where conflict between the government and the Druze continues. As a result, 119 candidates were elected, excluding those three governorates. No political parties participated in the elections, and all of the elected candidates were independents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the general election, a first step toward a transition of power, is a positive development, concerns remain about the potential for democratic transformation. The government&#8217;s argument that the lack of infrastructure for direct elections necessitated the introduction of an indirect election system is generally accepted, and the diverse composition of the electoral commission, including two women, anti-government politicians, and opposition activists is positively evaluated. However, criticism also lingers that the electoral college, formed by a presidentially appointed electoral commission, lacks democratic legitimacy and fails to fully reflect public opinion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The way the president appoints one-third of the legislature has also sparked controversy. Under the current interim constitution, the parliament requires the consent of two-thirds of its members to override presidential decrees. However, if even one-third of the president&#8217;s appointees oppose the vote, the parliament will struggle to effectively exercise its checks and balances. The fact that only six of the elected members are women and ten are from minority religious groups, including Christians, Alawites, and Druzes has also raised concerns that these groups&#8217; positions could be marginalized during the transition. The Syrian government acknowledged the low representation of women and minority groups in the election results and stated that it would address this issue when the president appoints members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\uc2dc\ub9ac\uc544 \ucd1d\uc120, \ubbfc\uc8fc\ud654\ub97c \ud5a5\ud55c \ubd88\uc548\ud55c \ucd9c\ubc1c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\ud669\uc758\ud604 (\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\uc5f0\uad6c\uc18c)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2025\ub144 10\uc6d4 5\uc77c \uc2dc\ub9ac\uc544\uc5d0\uc11c \ubc14\uc0e4\ub974 \uc54c\uc544\uc0ac\ub4dc(Bashar al-Asad) \uc815\uad8c\uc774 \ubd95\uad34\ud55c \uc774\ud6c4 \ucc98\uc74c\uc73c\ub85c \ucd1d\uc120\uc774 \uce58\ub7ec\uc84c\ub2e4. \uc720\uad8c\uc790 \uc2e0\uc6d0 \ud655\uc778\uacfc \ud22c\ud45c\uc18c \uc6b4\uc601 \ub4f1 \uc120\uac70 \uad00\ub9ac \uc778\ud504\ub77c \ubbf8\ube44 \ubb38\uc81c\ub85c \uc778\ud574 \ucd1d\uc120\uc740 \uc720\uad8c\uc790\uc758 \uc9c1\uc811 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