Syria to select post-Assad parliamentary members in process deemed undemocratic

A third of the members are appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has said it is impossible to hold direct elections now

According to the organising committee, more than 1,500 candidates – just 14 per cent of them women – are running for the assembly, which will have a renewable 30-month mandate.

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