Syria’s First Post-Assad Election Draws Criticism Over Inclusivity
6th October 2025
Syria has announced results from its first parliamentary election since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, with most new People’s Assembly members being Sunni men. Only 4% of the 119 elected seats went to women, and just two Christians were elected, raising concerns about representation and fairness.
Representation and fairness? From Muslim jihadists? What has this author been smoking?
Syrian-American Henry Hamra, the first Jewish candidate since the 1940s, was not selected.
Nor will he ever be. Even I can see that.
Critics say the indirect voting system—used under the excuse of unreliable post-war population data—favors elite, preapproved candidates and limits real democratic progress.
Kind of like a Blue state.
Al-Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid said, “If you ask the Druze in the south or the Kurds in the north, they say [the elections] were not representative.
But of course they would say that. And we have every reason to believe that they were right. I doubt that any Alawites were considered.
Roughly 6,000 regional delegates selected two-thirds of the 210-seat assembly on Sunday; interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa—formerly an Al-Qaeda operative, then under the name Abu Mohammed al-Jolani—will appoint the remaining third.
Putin looks on with envy.
Under a temporary constitution announced in March, the incoming parliament will exercise legislative functions until a permanent constitution is adopted and new elections are held.
Hopefully those elections won’t take as long as the Fatah regime in “Palestine”.