Friday, May 28, 2021

Congratulations to President Assad and all the people of Syria who voted for him in 2021

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5/27/21, Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes,” rt.com

“President Bashar Assad has been reelected to a fourth term with over 95% of the votes cast, defeating two challengers – including a former senior official of a rebel coalition, Syrian authorities have announced.

Turnout in Wednesday’s election was 78%, with Assad winning over 13 million votes, according to Hammouda Sabbagh, speaker of the Syrian legislature.

Mahmoud Ahmad Marei, who previously served as secretary-general of the rebel coalition National Front for the Liberation of Syria, received some 470,276 votes, or 3.1%, while Abdullah Sallum Abdullah of the Socialist Unionist Party came in third with about 213,968 votes, or 1.5%….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria had invited international election observers from Russia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador and Armenia.”

Images from Reuters, 5/27/21, “Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent,” Reuters

 

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