Syrian parliamentary election, 2012
- National Progressive Front, 168 seats
- Popular Front for Change and Freedom, 5 seats
- Independent, 77 seats
The vote for the People's Council of Syria in 2012 took place on May 7, 2012. It followed the adoption of a new constitution in a referendum on 26 February.
Background
The elections were originally scheduled for May 2011, and were first postponed to February 2012. Due to the Syrian civil war from 2011 and the constitutional referendum and the elections were postponed to the current date again. The legislature of the 250 seats strong Parliament already expired last March, but was extended in accordance with the new constitution of the country further. A few days before the announcement of the appointment of Ambassadors for Peace Kofi Annan declared that he expected an answer to concrete proposals he had made Syrian President Bashar al -Assad in two rounds of talks. The timing of the vote was announced on the day that the Syrian government forces ushered in a new assault on rebel strongholds in the northwest of the country.
Regulate
The elections on May 7 were the first elections that followed the draft of the new Constitution for political pluralism. This removes the from the father and predecessor of President Hafiz al -Assad, erected clause that said that Assad's ruling Baath party had the leading role in the state and society. Under the new constitution, a party must not be founded on a religious, regional, religious, occupational or tribal basis, and not be a subsidiary or associate of a non- Syrian party or political organization. Thus, the Muslim Brotherhood, banned in Syria or Kurdish parties which aspire to regional autonomy, excluded from the election.
In July 2011, the Syrian Cabinet confirmed a draft law for general elections as part of the reform program of the government to bring the months of revolt to an end. The bill establishes the foundation of the Commission on Elections to the top line of the electoral process.
Choice
Due to the ongoing fighting in Syria came to questions about the organization of choice as in the cities of Homs, Hama, Daraa and in the northern province of Idlib were fighting between rebels and government troops in progress. On the day of the announcement of the election declared Melhem al - Droubi, a member of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and the Syrian National Council that they will boycott the elections " of course " because the election would be set. But this was not the focus of their interest. What they want is a real change with a real presidential election, which would surely lose Assad.
On 26 March 2012, reported the state-owned news agency SANA that the Syrian Parliament President Bashar al -Assad please to consider the shift of the election date into consideration, so that the overarching reforms are consolidated and we await the outcome of the comprehensive national dialogue and the authorized parties can strengthen in the light of the new law on political parties.
The main opposition group, who took part, was the Popular Front for Change and Freedom, which had 45 candidates, including six in the Damascus Governorate, and was led by Qadri Jamil. The Popular Front brought Dschamils unlicensed party of the popular will, together with the Social Nationalist Party, which was tolerated within Assad's Baath Party -led National Progressive Front.
Result
In the following, the distribution of seats is shown:
- Arab Socialist Baath Party
- Socialist Unionists (al- al - wahdawiyyun ischtirakiyyun )
- Syrian Communist Party ( Wisal Farha Bakdasch Group )
- Syrian Communist Party ( Faisal Yusuf Group )
- Movement National Pact ( Harakat al - ʿ ahd al - watani )
- Arab Socialist Union
- Party of the people's will
After the election, was appointed Prime Minister Mohammad Jihad al - Lahham to the Speaker of Parliament and Riyadh Farid hijab. The two opposition leaders Qadri Jamil and Ali Haidar were also included in the government.