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Who elects the president?

If I'm not wrong the article does not say who elects the president? The People's chamber or the people directly? And how are elections organized? HilmarHansWerner (talk) 01:03, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are women eligible?

Syrian Arab Republic: Constitution, 2012 (English translation from the Syrian Arab News Agency).

According to the English translation, the Constitution of Syria implicitly states that the president is a man. Several articles of the constitution refer to the president as he/him/his (e.g. Articles 87, 90-94, 97-99, 103, 105, 117, 155). The eligibility requirements for presidential candidates contained in Article 84 also say "he" and refer to the "wife" of the candidate, rather than "spouse". I originally thought this could just be a translation error. However, Article 58 says "his/her" when talking about a member of the People's Assembly.

Since original research cannot be included, have any reliable sources discussed this? Is this just the result of a poor translation? CowHouse (talk) 05:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bashar Al-Assad

Edits from today have made it seem so that Assad’s government has been toppled and the office of the presidency is vacant, and even states that Assad is in control of no territory. This is not true, considering that the Battle of Damascus is still ongoing and that coastal Alawite regions (Latakia and Tartus Governates) are still controlled by government forces. The new edits do not seem to cite any sources regarding the new information they added. 108.208.123.119 (talk) 02:45, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your report. I have undone the edits in question and placed this article on a 12 hour WP:WHITELOCK. Chetsford (talk) 02:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should Abu Mohammad al-Julani be seen as the Head of State?

After the wiki article (wiki page) about him, he is the de facto Head of State of Syria (Syrian Transitional Government). 89.12.195.90 (talk) 11:28, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like previous edits putting al-Julani as head of state were undone, but I don't think those edits marked him as de facto. Can I has Cheezburger? (talk) 17:59, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]