 Damascus, 28 May (AKI) - The results of Syria's presidential referendum due to be released on Monday will instead be made public on Tuesday, Syrian interior minister Bassam Abd al-Majid has announced. He gave no reason for the delay in the results of the vote which featured a single candidate, current Syrian president Basher al-Assad. Polls on Sunday opened three hours after they were initially scheduled to do so because of what al-Majd said was "an exhuberant turnout of citizens wanting to cast their ballots". Voters were called to either vote "yes" or a "no" for al-Assad who was nominated as the sole candidate by the Syrian parliament which is dominated by the ruling Baath Party and its allies.| Apparently "Hell, no" wasn't avaiable as a choice. Pity. |
Opposition groups boycotted the election alleging that it would be rigged in the president's favour.
| No, reeeeeeeaaaally? Sucks to live in a dictatorship, huh? |
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