Diferenças:
Síria - Eleição do Presidente: Hafiz al-Assad died on
June 10,
2000, after 30 years in power. Immediately following al-Assad's death, the Parliament amended the constitution, reducing the mandatory minimum age of the President from 40 to 34, which allowed his son,
Bashar al-Assad, to
become legally eligible for nomination by the ruling Baath party. On
July 10, 2000, Bashar al-Assad was elected President by referendum in which he ran unopposed, garnering 97.29% of the vote, according to Syrian government statistics.
Israel - Operates under a
parliamentary system as a
democratic country with
universal suffrage.
[1] The
President of Israel is the
head of state, but the duties of the president are largely ceremonial.
[85] A Parliament Member supported by a majority in parliament becomes the
Prime Minister, usually the chairman of the largest party. The Prime Minister is the
head of government and head of the
Cabinet.
[85][86] Israel is governed by a 120-member
parliament, known as the
Knesset. Membership in the Knesset is based on
proportional representation of political parties.
[87] Parliamentary elections are held every four years, but the government can dissolve itself at any time by a
no-confidence vote. The
Basic Laws of Israel function as an
unwritten constitution. In 2003, the Knesset began to draft an official constitution based on these laws.
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