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Who elects the president?[edit]

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?[edit]

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]