Syria approves 3 candidates to run for presidency

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Damascus, May 4 (IANS) Syria's supreme constitutional court has accepted the candidacy of three contenders, including incumbent President Bashar Assad, for the June 3 presidential elections. The court, tasked with overseeing the elections' process, has rejected the applications of the other 21 contenders, saying their bids have **t met the constitutional and legal conditions, Amjad al-Khadra, the media spokesman of the court, made the an**uncement Sunday. Maher Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar, Hassan al-**uri and incumbent President Bashar al-Assad have got the court's approval, al-Khadra said. Hajjar, a Syrian parliamentarian, was the first to submit application for the presidential elections.

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