Incumbent Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad submitted on Monday a presidential candidacy application to the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, announced that the Assembly received a notification from the Supreme Constitutional Court stating that Al-Assad submitted an application for presidential candidacy and the required documents, reported the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Earlier, Speaker of the People’s Assembly received notifications from the Supreme Constitutional Court stating that Maher Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar, Hassan al-Nouri, Mohammad Firas Yassin Rajjouh, Abdul-Salam Youssef Salameh, Sawsan Omar al-Haddad, and Sameer Ahmad Mo’alla submitted  applications to the Court announcing their candidacy for President of the Republic.

The Syrian presidential election is slated for June 3.