Posted on 05/29/2007 2:25:28 PM PDT by knighthawk
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a new seven-year mandate after winning more than 97 percent of the vote in a referendum, the interior minister announced on Tuesday.
According to AFP, Bassam Abdel Majid told a press conference that Assad, 41, won a massive 97.62 percent of the vote in Sunday's referendum, with more than 11 million Syrians responding with a "yes". "No" voters numbered 19,653, while almost 253,000 votes were void, Abdel Majid conveyed.
The voters were asked whether they "approve the candidacy of Dr Bashar al-Assad for the post of president of the republic." About 12 million Syrians were eligible to vote.
In July 2000, he was the sole candidate to succeed his father Hafez and official result then showed that Bashar received 97.29 percent of voter support.
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Only 97.29%? Feh! Saddam had 101% support every election!
Big Deal! Saddam Hussein was able to get 99% of the vote last time he ran in Iraq.
Boy those 3% are in a world of trouble!! Oh, wait they meant to vote for Assad but were tricked into voting for Pat Buchanan.
Exactly! I think Assad needs to hire new vote counters. It is obvious there was fraud in this election because he won by such a small margin.
Yeah that’s it. The ballot choices were 1. Assad 2. I wish to die now.
101% backed saddam. I thought that was odd until the dimocritters have spoken up. Do you think they voted absentee?
That means they have to stone and behead 19,653 people. It will take a pretty big pit to bury them in.
Last Semester I had a class with a guy who was in the US as a Political refugee for Viet Nam (came here in 2000). He told us that during the "elections" someone came to his house and told him who he was voting for. He said he never voted, but after each election the party officials would run ads in the news papers thanking those who voted for them and then list all their names, his name was on the list every time.
Her Thighness the Emperorette Shall be Pleased...
Like they have a choice. Vote for Bashar or die with all the rest of your family.
I love the middle East and all those wacky muslims.
Tsk, Assad Jr. is a punter: Saddam Hussein last got 100%!
In all seriousness, when will these dictators learn? For a fake election to SEEM credible to persons in countries that ACTUALLY HAVE REAL ELECTIONS, the faked winning result must be something more like 59%, maybe 60%.
A ratification ballot for the Reich’s annexation (Anschluss) of Austria. Eerie. But actually ... a lot more than 2.something percent of Austrians DID vote “Nein.” By that measure, the Reich wasn’t as un-free as Syria.
Speaking of Brezhneve and Pravda, how is the old guy? Last I heard in Pravda, he still had a cold.
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