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Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara said it could take up to four years for the country to hold its first elections since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

In his first comments on the timeline for the country’s key political transition, Sharaa “Any proper election requires a full census,” he said.

Drafting a new constitution could take up to three years, Shaarae, who used to go by the name Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, said in an interview with Saudi broadcasters al-Arabiya and al-Hadat on Sunday.

The unexpected transition will concern Western powers who have been pushing Sharan to form an inclusive government. They are weighing the lifting of sanctions on the Syrian government and the designation of Shar’a and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the mainstay of the Islamist movement, as terrorists to topple Assad.

Earlier this month, HTS appointed Mohamed al-Bashir as Syria’s interim prime minister.

Bashir, who led the civilian administration in northwestern Idlib, which has been under the control of HTS for years, announced at the time that his cabinet would consist of HTS members who had a role in the previous administration of Idlib. Establishment of caretaker government Until March next year.

Shara spoke of the dominant role of the HTS in the transitional government, telling broadcasters that “the current form of appointment was the necessity of the platform” and that “the quota system during this period would have undermined the work of the transition”.

Hadi al-Bahra, leader of the Syrian National Coalition – the umbrella group of the leading opposition during the Assad era Syrian civil war – He called for all opposition parties to be included in the transitional government.

He is also one 18 month timeline For a political transition, including a six-month period to draft a new constitution.

Shara confirmed that HTS and other armed factions It was divided into new government officialsAlthough it is not certain that many factions of Syria will accept his initiative.

The disbandment of the HTS will be announced at a national dialogue conference held by leading opposition, tribal and religious leaders and some Assad government officials who have no military or security role.

Organizers told Al Jazeera that the assembly, which has not yet been announced, is expected to announce the dissolution of the previous parliament and the repeal of the previous constitution, as well as the establishment of an advisory council.

One of the most significant factions remaining outside Shaara’s sphere of influence is the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls the country’s northeast.

Shara said on Sunday that the HTS-led administration was negotiating with the SDF on the future of the region.