Forming 9 electoral committees for Tabqa Canton for municipal elections in June

Preparations continue in North and East Syria, for the municipal elections scheduled for next June 11. On the one hand, the High Elections Commission is intensifying the preparation of organizational matters and legal legal procedures, and on the other hand, parties and personalities are preparing to run, after the nomination period opened on May 12 of this year.

In the context of forming electoral committees for cities and towns, after the formation of the High Elections Commission committees in the 7 provinces, the Tabqa Canton Commission Committee has completed the formation of its 9 electoral committees, according to what was reported by a member of the Tabqa Commission, Anas Al-Mahmoud.

The formation of these committees came after the People’s Democratic Council in Tabqa Canton formed the High Commission Committee for Canton Elections on May 7 of this month.

According to Article 24, within Chapter Three of the Law of the High Electoral Commission in the North and East of Syria, the Electoral Commission committees in the cantons are responsible for forming electoral committees in cities and towns as needed.

According to the same article, “These committees shall be temporary. They shall begin their work in preparation for the electoral processes, and shall end after the election results are announced by the High Commission.”

According to paragraph (b) of the same article, one of the tasks of the electoral committees in cities and towns is: “These committees shall carry out their tasks in accordance with the Commission Law, the instructions issued by the High Elections Commission, and the Commission Committee in the canton to which the city or town belongs, and shall determine the number of ballot boxes and how to vote distributing them within its work circle, naming the heads of the electoral centers, examining objections to the conduct of the electoral process in the electoral centers within its work circle, and correcting the violating procedures during the course of the electoral process.

On May 11, the High Election Commission in North and East Syria announced, through a statement, the postponement of the municipal elections in the region, which were scheduled to be held on May 30, to June 11.

T/ Satt.

ANHA