Spanish newspaper: Bashar al-Assad is the opponent against himself in the upcoming Syrian presidential elections
In the report, the Spanish newspaper El Pais said that Bashar al-Assad won the previous Syrian presidential elections with 89 percent of the vote, but lost the war.
The report indicated that Bashar al-Assad, after seven years, hopes to hold presidential elections again on May 26, while the Syrian opposition is still under siege or in exile, according to the description of the report.
The report pointed out that the Russian intervention and the spread of Iranian militias saved Bashar al-Assad from defeat, as he was awaiting how to take over a new term at the head of a devastated and divided country, half of its population is displaced.
The newspaper indicated that the other candidates, including two women for the first time, who theoretically challenged him to the ballot box, have no knowledge about the issue of confronting food shortages and the 100 percent depreciation of the Syrian pound against the dollar, or the lack of fuel in a country that is rich in oil fields that are now under the control of the Syrian forces. Democracy.
The report indicated that the Assad regime attributes the cause of the deteriorating economic reality in its regions to international sanctions, starting with those imposed by Washington, without acknowledging that the blockade it is practicing in the UN-sponsored dialogue and reconciliation process with the Syrian opposition is causing the economic sanctions.
According to the report, Bashar al-Assad is the opponent of himself in these elections, when at the end of half a century of the domination of the dynasty established by his father, Hafez al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad adheres to the current constitution in order to veto candidates participating in the Syrian revolution.
The report stated that the current constitution of the Assad regime, for example, requires the candidate to reside in Syria during the past decade or to obtain the approval of 35 deputies in parliament.
The report pointed out that Bashar al-Assad is preparing, through the ballot boxes, to restore the legitimacy of his regime’s control of two-thirds of the lands that it had lost since 2011, and the destruction that has buried about 400,000 dead, with an economic loss bill estimated at one trillion euros, and eight out of every ten Syrians are below the poverty line.
The newspaper reported that Bashar Al-Assad sent an unambiguous message when he registered his name among the candidates last Wednesday, that despite the international community’s demand for his resignation as a starting point for the solution in Syria,However, he intends to continue in power, given the military victory he has achieved.
