Syrians Democratically Re-Elect President Bashar Al-Assad
By Stephen Lendman: After over a decade of US aggression against Syria and its people, overwhelmingly popular Bashar al-Assad is the only president the vast majority of the country’s people want as their leader.It’s a reality the US-dominated West and their press agent media suppress in their misinformation, disinformation and fake news about him and all things related to the Syrian Arab Republic.
Assad is more popular now than when reelected in June 2014 — with 89% majority support.
On May 26, he overwhelmingly won with a 95.1% majority — announced on Friday by parliamentary speaker Hammouda Sabbagh.
There was never any doubt about his triumph, only by how great a majority to be known after ballots were counted.
Turnout was 78.64%, a remarkable show of support for the republic and its leader at a time of war and foreign occupation of northern and southern parts of the country — including by diaspora Syrian refugees able to cast ballots.