Campaigning for Syria's June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power begins on Sunday, the Supreme Constitutional Court said. It confirmed Saturday that the three candidates -- Assad, Maher Abdel Hafiz Hajjar and Hassan Abdullah al-Nuri -- can \"launch their election campaign from Sunday,\" state news agency SANA reported. The presidential election is theoretically Syria's first in more than half a century, as Assad and his father Hafez, who ruled with an iron grip from 1970 until his death in 2000, were named after referendums. Hajjar is from Syria's second city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting that broke out there in 2012, and is an independent MP and former member of the communist party.
05-12-2014, 08:22 AM
Syria election campaign to start Sunday
Campaigning for Syria's June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power begins on Sunday, the Supreme Constitutional Court said. It confirmed Saturday that the three candidates -- Assad, Maher Abdel Hafiz Hajjar and Hassan Abdullah al-Nuri -- can \"launch their election campaign from Sunday,\" state news agency SANA reported. The presidential election is theoretically Syria's first in more than half a century, as Assad and his father Hafez, who ruled with an iron grip from 1970 until his death in 2000, were named after referendums. Hajjar is from Syria's second city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting that broke out there in 2012, and is an independent MP and former member of the communist party.
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