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Elections in only some areas controlled by Assad and other candidates removed for some excuse. More than half the population aren't allowed to vote. It is not an election, it's a farce.
Damascus school shelling kills many
saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm
DAMASCUS At least 14 people were killed on Monday in a rebel mortar attack on Syrias capital Damascus, as four new candidates registered to run in next months presidential vote.
The new candidates bring the number of people hoping to compete in the June 3 election to 11, including incumbent President Bashar Al-Assad.
Shortly before the new candidates were announced in a parliamentary session, state media said at least 14 people had been killed and dozens more injured when four mortar shells hit a religious school.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based NGO, put the toll in the attack at 17, adding that the number could rise because several of the injured were in critical condition. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that the institute taught students as young as 14, but it was not immediately clear if there were children among the dead or wounded. In parliament, speaker Mohamed Al-Lahham announced the names of four new presidential hopefuls, among them a woman and a Christian.
Ali Wanous, Azza Al-Hallaq, Talea Salah Nasser and Samih Mikhael Moussa are all relative unknowns, like most of the 11 candidates, except for Assad.
Syrias constitution requires that candidates for the presidency be Muslim, but a source in the constitutional court confirmed that Moussa is Christian. We receive all applications for presidential candidacy and transmit them to the parliament, the source said. In the five days after the candidacy period ends, on May 5, we will examine the candidates to see if they meet all requirements. On May 6, we will announce who has met the conditions, he added. Hallaqs application brings the number of women competing in the vote to two...................
But with a brutal civil war raging and large swathes of the country beyond the control of the government, it remains unclear how it will organize the vote. Nearly half of Syrias residents have fled their homes, and the countrys electoral commission says those who left the country illegally will not be allowed to vote.
Electoral rules also prevent anyone who has lived outside Syria in the past decade from running, effectively excluding most prominent opposition figures, who live in exile......
Damascus school shelling kills many
saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm
DAMASCUS At least 14 people were killed on Monday in a rebel mortar attack on Syrias capital Damascus, as four new candidates registered to run in next months presidential vote.
The new candidates bring the number of people hoping to compete in the June 3 election to 11, including incumbent President Bashar Al-Assad.
Shortly before the new candidates were announced in a parliamentary session, state media said at least 14 people had been killed and dozens more injured when four mortar shells hit a religious school.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based NGO, put the toll in the attack at 17, adding that the number could rise because several of the injured were in critical condition. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that the institute taught students as young as 14, but it was not immediately clear if there were children among the dead or wounded. In parliament, speaker Mohamed Al-Lahham announced the names of four new presidential hopefuls, among them a woman and a Christian.
Ali Wanous, Azza Al-Hallaq, Talea Salah Nasser and Samih Mikhael Moussa are all relative unknowns, like most of the 11 candidates, except for Assad.
Syrias constitution requires that candidates for the presidency be Muslim, but a source in the constitutional court confirmed that Moussa is Christian. We receive all applications for presidential candidacy and transmit them to the parliament, the source said. In the five days after the candidacy period ends, on May 5, we will examine the candidates to see if they meet all requirements. On May 6, we will announce who has met the conditions, he added. Hallaqs application brings the number of women competing in the vote to two...................
But with a brutal civil war raging and large swathes of the country beyond the control of the government, it remains unclear how it will organize the vote. Nearly half of Syrias residents have fled their homes, and the countrys electoral commission says those who left the country illegally will not be allowed to vote.
Electoral rules also prevent anyone who has lived outside Syria in the past decade from running, effectively excluding most prominent opposition figures, who live in exile......
