By JERUSALEM POST STAFFPublished: MAY 7, 2007 17:04Advertisement
Syria's newly elected legislature convened Monday and re-elected the group's speaker unapposed in a live broadcast on state television.
Mahmoud al-Abrash, a longtime member of the ruling Baath Party, was elected for a second four-year term. The 66-year-old architect won 235 votes in the 250-seat house. After his election, Abrash promised to make the assembly play its legislative role.
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