Decline in Presence of Religious Minority and Women Representatives in Syria’s New Parliament
The English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency, reported that Reuters highlighted concerns over reduced minority and female representation in Syria’s parliamentary elections held under the rule of the Joulani terrorist regime.
The report noted that elections were not held in areas outside joulani’s control, effectively excluding large segments of the Syrian population from fair participation.
The Syrian High Electoral Committee announced the election of 119 representatives based on preliminary results but did not disclose vote counts. according to reports, only six women and four religious minorities secured seats. The committee’s head acknowledged a drop in women’s participation throughout this process.
It was also reported that a very short period for contesting election results prevented candidates from challenging outcomes effectively.
Public turnout was so low that even pro-regime media outlets released few images showing voter presence during these polls.
Abu Mohammad Joulani, leader of Syria’s ruling terrorists, attended the national election office in Damascus and described this as a historic moment for people to rebuild their country.
He expressed amazement at how these staged three-hour elections were organized within just months across Syria.
As coming to power, this new terrorist regime has modeled parliamentary elections after certain Arab states where electoral processes are largely superficial; elected members do not genuinely represent Syrian citizens’ interests.
Besides widespread bans on candidacies and extensive security, propaganda, and social pressures favoring specific groups’ victories, unusual regulations governed these elections’ conduct.
The Abu Mohammad Joulani regime declared an increase in parliamentary seats from 150 to 210; however, under recent reforms implemented during this election cycle, one-third of parliament members will be directly appointed by Joulani himself. Consequently, policies emerging from this parliament will serve only Joulani’s ruling agenda without addressing national interests.
