Syrian municipal elections will take place on August 26
Aug 08, 2007
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Salma Waheedi - All nominees have already been registered (registration closed on August 2nd). There are about 26,000 candidates for 9687 seats in 14 provinces.
The elections are held under the 1971 local governance law. So far it's not clear whether or not the opposition will participate, but the National Kurdish Unity Party in Syria (YEK) and the Demascus Declaration for Democracy have both announced their boycott of the election.