The Constitutional Court receives the written affidavits fund from the People's Assembly ... Al-Lahham: We will study candidacy applications and decide on them within five days.

Damascus-Sana

Today, the Supreme Constitutional Court received the Written Support Fund from the People's Assembly, which contains the supports granted by the members of the Council to the 51 candidates, including 7 women.

In a statement to reporters, the president of the court, Muhammad Jihad al-Lahham, confirmed that after receiving the Written Support Fund from the People's Assembly, the court will study all applications for candidacy and decide on them within the legal period specified by five days.

Al-Lahham said that the Supreme Constitutional Court received the fund that contains the endorsements of members of the People’s Assembly, accompanied by a copy of the register of endorsements given by the members of the Council to the candidates for the post of President of the Republic and the letter of the Speaker of the People's Assembly.

Al-Lahham added that the General Authority of the Supreme Constitutional Court has been in a permanent session since the door to candidacy for the President of the Republic was opened since Monday the 19th of April until today, and it will meet and study all files for candidacy applications in addition to the written endorsements of members of the People's Assembly that each candidate obtained and will decide within the period The legal limit is five days.

Al-Lahham added: The court will also examine and legally study the files of candidacy applications and issue its decision in the names of the candidates whose nominations the court has decided to accept have fulfilled the constitutional and legal conditions stipulated in the constitution, the law of the Supreme Constitutional Court, the general election law, its amendments, and its executive instructions.

Al-Lahham said that the court will issue its decision with the initial announcement within the legal period of five days, and it will look at the full number of candidates whose nominations were accepted and whose nominations were rejected as well.

The door to accepting applications for candidacy in the presidential elections was closed yesterday, as the number of applicants to run for the post of President of the Republic reached 51 candidates, including 7 women.

The Speaker of the People's Assembly, Hammouda Sabbagh, announced the opening of the door for candidacy for the presidential elections, in implementation of the provisions of the constitution, starting from Monday the 19th of this month and until the end of the official working hours from yesterday, Wednesday.