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Syrian tribes reject upcoming Assad-mandated elections

by DAILY SABAH

Istanbul May 24, 2021 - 5:00 pm GMT+3
The Syria Clans and Tribes Council (SKAM) holds a meeting in northern Syria's Azaz, May 24, 2021. (IHA Photo)
The Syria Clans and Tribes Council (SKAM) holds a meeting in northern Syria's Azaz, May 24, 2021. (IHA Photo)
by DAILY SABAH May 24, 2021 5:00 pm

Tribes in northern Syria's Azaz have rejected the upcoming presidential elections to be held in Bashar Assad regime-controlled Syria.

Gathering in Azaz Monday, Syria Clans and Tribes Council (SKAM), with the participation of some members from the Syrian Interim Government and Syrian National Army (SNA), stated that the Assad regime has no right nor legitimacy to hold an election.

Calling the upcoming elections "illegitimate," the council said that it violates the right of the Syrian people to freely elect its self-government.

On April 18, the regime's parliament set May 26 for presidential elections, which is expected to keep Assad in power in the country devastated by a decade of civil war. The 55-year-old is widely expected to secure a fourth term in office by a comfortable margin in the May 26 vote, which observers have already said would be far from free and fair.

The decision to hold elections was made despite the ongoing military conflict, the lack of a political solution in sight, failure of negotiations between the opposition and the regime, and the displacement of more than 10 million Syrians as either refugees or internally displaced persons. Moreover, about 40% of the country is not under regime control.

Voting will only be allowed for Syrians living in regime-controlled areas or those who are living abroad and registered with their country's embassies. Candidates must also have the backing of at least 35 members of parliament, which is dominated by Assad's Baath Party.

The international community cannot accept the upcoming Syrian presidential elections as legitimate, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated last month, underlining that the elections deprive almost 7 million Syrians in the diaspora of suffrage.

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