Syria’s parliament takes shape under Al-Sharaa’s managed inclusivity, analysts say
LONDON: Recent appointments to Syria’s parliament by interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa appear designed to project a broader, more inclusive political tent, bringing in prominent figures such as Kurdish politician Abdul Hakim Bashar and Druze leader Laith Al-Balous.
On Wednesday, Al-Sharaa named the final 70 members of the new parliament, including 15 women, completing the 210-seat People’s Assembly. According to the chamber’s own geographic breakdown, the appointments span all 14 Syrian governorates, with the largest shares going to Aleppo, Hasakah, Homs and Deir Ezzor.
The distribution published by the assembly showed 14 representatives from Aleppo; seven from Hasakah; six each from Homs and Deir Ezzor; five each from Idlib, Hama, Damascus and Rif Dimashq; four each from Latakia and Daraa; three from Raqqah; and two each from Suwaida, Tartous and Quneitra.
Presenting the appointments in Damascus, Mohammad Taha Al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, described the announcement yesterday as “a new national milestone in the journey of building the Syrian state.”
