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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a landslide victory in presidential poll securing 88.7 percent of the vote, parliament speaker Mohammad al-Laham has said.
Assad's two challengers, Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar, won 4.3 percent and 3.2 percent respectively.
The victory gives Assad a third seven-year term in office despite a raging civil war which grew out of protests against his rule.
The head of the Supreme Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that the turnout in the country's presidential election this week was 73.42 percent.
originally posted by: daaskapital
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a landslide victory in presidential poll securing 88.7 percent of the vote, parliament speaker Mohammad al-Laham has said.
Assad's two challengers, Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar, won 4.3 percent and 3.2 percent respectively.
The victory gives Assad a third seven-year term in office despite a raging civil war which grew out of protests against his rule.
The head of the Supreme Constitutional Court said on Wednesday that the turnout in the country's presidential election this week was 73.42 percent.
Bashar al-Assad re-elected Syrian president
Well the results are unsurprising, but i am glad they turned out the way they did. Assad is the only hope for Syria to remain somewhat stable. I'd wager that a Syria under rebel rule would be horrific and greatly unstable (doubly so with the separate sides tugging for control)...
The USA and rebels have called the elections a farce, as only government held areas could vote. Seriously though, it would have been a logistical nightmare to hold polling booths in rebel held areas...and i'm sure the people in such areas would vote for Assad (as long as they are not forced otherwise), considering the amount of crap they have to put up with (shariah law, extremism etc).
Anyway, i think the election results are ideal, as we don't want Syria turning into a complete mess (much like Libya).
originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
Assad won? really? Goodness.. It was such a nail biter, never knowing just how it may go. What happened to poor Hassan and Maher? They were such strong and powerful challengers, ready to lead a nation into the future!
The upset of the decade. To be sure. Whoda Thunk it?
originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
Assad won? really? Goodness.. It was such a nail biter, never knowing just how it may go. What happened to poor Hassan and Maher? They were such strong and powerful challengers, ready to lead a nation into the future!
The upset of the decade. To be sure. Whoda Thunk it?
originally posted by: daaskapital
a reply to: intrptr
I never said Syria wasn't a mess. I said it has remained somewhat stable with Assad holding on to power...at least, more stable than what it would be under rebel control.
Thanks for your comment though. I agree that Syria isn't such a pushover as Libya...but we'll see what happens eventually. I'm hoping things die down soon, as we really don't need Syria succumbing to the same crap Libya did.
originally posted by: daaskapital
Let's be serious though, even if the election was a farce, Assad is probably the best person to ensure a stable Syria.
One is Rama Tarabishi, 26, a Sunni woman from Damascus. The rebel Free Syrian Army, specifically the aligned Jabhet Al Nusra fighters, are "nothing more than lunatics who kill everyone who disagrees with them," Tarabishi says, while noting that the Assad regime is a secular one that tolerates diversity.
originally posted by: LittleByLittle
As normal US sponsors terrorism in other countries for it's ally Saudi Arabia and its interest. You are not allowed to be free from control and not pay tribune to Rome.
Russia supports Assad even though the Syrian government represents a minority while oppressing the majority.
According to the latest opinion poll commissioned by The Doha Debates, Syrians are more supportive of their president with 55% not wanting him to resign. One of the main reasons given by those wanting the president to stay in power was fear for the future of the country.
That level of support is not mirrored elsewhere in the region, with 81 percent of Arabs wanting President Assad to step down. They believe Syria would be better off if free democratic elections were held under the supervision of a transitional government.
Alas, not in every case. When coverage of an unfolding drama ceases to be fair and turns into a propaganda weapon, inconvenient facts get suppressed. So it is with the results of a recent YouGov Siraj poll on Syria commissioned by The Doha Debates, funded by the Qatar Foundation. Qatar's royal family has taken one of the most hawkish lines against Assad – the emir has just called for Arab troops to intervene – so it was good that The Doha Debates published the poll on its website. The pity is that it was ignored by almost all media outlets in every western country whose government has called for Assad to go.