|
Syria's President Assad wins fourth term in office with 95.1% of votes
 [JPost] The other 4.9% have been relocated to Deir E-Zour Head of parliament Hammouda Sabbagh announced the result in a news conference on Thursday, saying voter turn out was at around Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but which opponents and the West say was marked by fraud. Assad's government says the election on Wednesday shows Syria is functioning normally despite the decade-old conflict, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven 11 million people - about half the population - from their homes. Those who voted against had purple ink applied to their toes/tags Posted by: Frank G 2021-05-28 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=603036 |