Syrian court selects two ‘rivals’ for ballot to stand against Assad in May vote
Election win would result in President Bashar al-Assad’s fourth seven-year term
03 May 2021 - 21:15
Damascus — Syria's Constitutional Court on Monday selected two obscure figures to appear on ballots standing against President Bashar al-Assad in a May 26 election that the West rejects as a farce.
From a list of 51 potential candidates, the court approved just three: Assad, former deputy cabinet minister Abdallah Saloum Abdallah, and Mahmoud Ahmed Marei, head of a small, officially sanctioned opposition party...
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