Rival Bashar al-Assad vote in the Syrian presidential elections
Syrian presidential candidate Mahmoud Merhi cast his vote in Damascus.
(Reuters)
The candidate for the Syrian presidential elections, Mahmoud Marei, cast his vote in the elections at the Jawdat Al-Hashemi School Center in Damascus.
The Syrian news agency SANA reported that presidential candidate Abdullah Salloum Abdullah also voted in the presidential elections at the People's Assembly.
Bashar al-Assad, accompanied by his wife Asma, today, Wednesday, cast their vote in the city of Douma, which was considered one of the most prominent strongholds of the factions in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, before it was expelled from it in the spring of 2018.
On the impact of slogans of support from those around him, most notably "With our soul and blood we sacrificing you, Bashar," Al-Assad criticized in statements to journalists what he called "the recent stances issued by Western countries, most of which have a colonial history ... commenting on the elections, evaluating them and determining their legitimacy and illegality."
He said, "Of course, we, as a state, do not accept such behavior at all, but the most important thing that the state says or is silent about is what the people say," adding: "I think that the movement that we saw during the past weeks was the sufficient and clear response when he said to them: The value of your opinions is. Zero and your value is ten zeros. "
Last Thursday, tens of thousands of Syrians participated in the voting process in their country's embassies and consulates on the day designated for residents outside Syria, who hold valid passports and left the country legally, which does not apply to the millions of refugees who fled the country.
Al-Assad, who is preparing to win a fourth presidential term of seven years, stressed Wednesday that "the Syrian citizen is free" and his decision is in his own hands "and not in the hands of any other party."
Polling stations opened their doors, according to the official Syrian News Agency (SANA), at 7 am (0400 GMT).
Syrian TV showed scenes showing long lines of voters forming in front of it in a number of regions.
Candidates for the Syrian presidential elections 2021
And the President of the Supreme Constitutional Court in Syria, Muhammad Jihad al-Lahham, announced on the tenth of May the acceptance of the applications of three candidates for the presidential elections, and al-Lahham said, in a press conference in Damascus, that “the Supreme Constitutional Court issues its decision by announcing the final list of candidates for the position of President of the Republic, and they are Abdullah Salloum Abdullah, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, and Mahmoud Ahmad Mari.
He pointed out that the court set the election campaign for the candidates from the 16th to the 24th of this month, and that the 25th of May is set as a day of electoral silence.
Al-Lahham added that the Supreme Constitutional Court "rejected the six grievance requests that were received by the court from the candidates for the post of President of the Republic, as it did not submit any new documents or documents to support its argument."
After the President of the Supreme Constitutional Court announced that he will compete in the elections taking place on May 20 and 26, the ruling Baath Party’s candidate, Bashar al-Assad, the candidate Abdullah Abdullah, representing the parties allied with the Ba’ath Party, and Mahmoud Mar’i for the unlicensed domestic opposition parties.
According to the decision of the Syrian People’s Council, it has set May 20 for the Syrian elections outside Syria, and the 26 of the same month as the date for holding the presidential elections inside the Syrian territories.
51 candidates, including seven women, ran for the elections, which is the largest number of candidates in the history of Syria.
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