Syria's de facto ruler says it will take four years to hold elections
Syria’s de facto ruler, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani), stated on 29 December that organizing elections and writing a constitution for the country may take years.
Following the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad’s government on 8 December, Sharaa announced the establishment of a caretaker government that would last for three months.
In an interview with Al-Arabiya on Sunday, Sharaa stated, “The process of writing the constitution may take about three years, and we look forward to a constitution that lasts for the longest possible period, and this is a difficult and lengthy task.”