Syria rebel leader says new elections could take up to 4 years

Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of the new governing authority in Syria, said in a Sunday interview that it could take up to four years to hold elections in the country.

In an interview with Saudi television network Al-Arabiyya, al-Sharaa said the different political factions will need to rewrite the country’s constitution and the country’s infrastructure will need to be reconstructed.

“The chance we have today doesn’t come every five or 10 years,” al-Sharaa said in the interview. “We want the constitution to last for the longest time possible.”