Syria will select the People’s Assembly on Sunday in the country’s first elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December.The elections are a historic moment after more than 50 years of dynastic, oppressive al-Assad rule and are another test for the new government, led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHowever, the electoral process has been subject to debate.There will be no universal voting. Instead, al-Sharaa will appoint one-third of the assembly members, and the rest will be chosen by electoral subcommittees.If you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. Here’s everything you need to know about Syria’s elections:Elections but no direct voting by Syrian citizens?Correct.There are 210 seats in the new People’s Assembly, 40 seats fewer than under al-Assad, and members will serve 2.5-year terms.Al-Sharaa will appoint 70 members, and the other 140 will be voted on by subcommittees overseen by an 11-person Supreme Committee, which was appointed by al-Sharaa.The subcommittees are made up of about 6,000 electors, who will cast ballots at regional electoral colleges.Syrian authorities said no general vote is being held because they don’t have reliable census data after millions of people were displaced by nearly 14 years of war. “There will be voting, but it will have a limited political impact,” Aron Lund, a Syria expert and fellow at the Century International think tank, told Al Jazeera.“It is an indirect election using a set of electors who have basically been handpicked by the current ruler …
