REPORT: Ambassador Ali says Syrian voting in Yarzeh will be extended until midnight

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29-05-2014 | 01:53
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REPORT: Ambassador Ali says Syrian voting in Yarzeh will be extended until midnight
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REPORT: Ambassador Ali says Syrian voting in Yarzeh will be extended until midnight

Syrian nationals began voting on Thursday at the Damascus embassy in the region of Yarzeh for the second consecutive day to elect a new president.

In this regard, Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali told LBCI that the voting will be extended until midnight, stressing that the huge turnout is proof of a political electoral process.

He also noted that Syrian nationals who are not able to reach the embassy in Yarzeh will get the chance to vote on the 3rd of June on the Lebanese-Syrian border.

Ambassador Ali also mentioned that calls for deporting Syrian nationals back to their country contradict with appeals to save the Syrian people.

Polls opened on Wednesday for Syrian expats and legal refugees to cast their ballots in the Syrian presidential election.

Syrians outside the country are allowed to cast ballots at the embassy as long as they have not left the country illegally, bypassing official routes.

It is worth noting that the vote is scheduled to be held in Syria on June 3.

Syrian President Bashar Assad is all but guaranteed a victory as opposition groups are boycotting the vote and balloting will only be held in government-controlled areas of the fragmented country, where rebels hold vast territory and where entire blocks have been destroyed and emptied of their original inhabitants because of the fighting.             

More than 160,000 people have been killed and millions of others displaced from their homes since the uprising against Assad erupted in March 2011, then morphed into a civil war. 


To watch Nada Andraos's report, please click on the VIDEO above

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