Syrian Elector, Damascus (May 15, 2007)
Syrian Baath member and legal scholar Abdallah al-Khalil Bin Muhammad has been trying to nominate himself for the presidency of the country for months now. He bases his candidacy on the legal framework established by the Baath constitution itself. But his constitutional arguments and his calls for the adoption of a multi-candidate electoral system for the country's highest office continued to fall on deaf ears. Mr. Muhammad was eventually surprised when he found out that his Baath colleagues stuck to the existing system of holding a referendum and nominated only Bashar al-Assad for the position of the presidency. For this reason, Mr. Muhammad submitted his request to nominate himself to the position through the media, addressed to both the people's assembly (the parliament) and the office of the presidency, in the hope that his request will be noted now.
People can now vote for Mr. Muhammad, and say no to Bashar al-Assad on the recently launched site (99%?).
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