DAMASCUS - The Syrian parliament on Thursday unanimously agreed to nominate President Bashar Al Assad for a second term with the formal decision expected to be announced Friday.Parliament Speaker Mahnoud Al-Abrash told the parliament after Al Assad delivered his speech that the Baath party had sent the parliament a letter nominating President Al Assad for a second term and asked them if they agreed to include the letter on the parliamentary agenda. Voting was through a show of hands ...
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Al Abrash said that he decided to open an extraordinary session on Friday to discuss this issue and is expected to formally announce the nomination of President Assad as sole candidate for the second term. It is being widely reported that Syria would hold the presidential elections on May 27.