Syria Presidential Elections: While The Regime Calls Them The Mother Of All Campaigns And Falsely Presents Them As Democratic, The Political Opposition Calls Them A Farce And The Armed Opposition Threatens To Target Voters
May 25, 2021 | By O. Peri
Introduction
Syria s presidential elections, held every seven years, will take place on May 26, 2021.[1] The upcoming elections are based on the constitution passed by the Syrian regime in 2012, which is the first Syrian constitution to allow presidential elections with multiple candidates.[2] Two candidates are running against the incumbent president Bashar Al-Assad. One is Abdullah Salloum Abdullah, a former minister, member of the Socialist Unionist Party, which holds only two seats in the present parliament. This party is a constituent of the Progressive National Front, a parliamentary bloc led by the ruling Ba th Party, which has announced its support for Assad in the present elections. The other candidate is Mahmoud Ahmed Me