Assad’s Syrians were re-elected in the fourth round with 95% | votes Stories of Bashar el Assad

Bashar al-Assad was re-elected as the fourth president of Syria, which has been at war with 95.1% of the votes cast in the government’s territory, the results showing, after a vote that was criticized by opponents and Western regimes as shameful.

Wednesday’s presidential vote was the second since Syria’s war broke out a decade ago, a conflict that has killed thousands of people, forcing millions to leave the country and destroy its weapons.

Parliamentary leader Hammouda Sabbagh announced the results at a press conference on Thursday, saying voters were about 78%, with more than 14 million Syrians participating.

Opponents of al-Assad were two unidentified individuals: Deputy Prime Minister Abdallah Salloum Abdallah and Mahmud Ahmad Marei, a member of the so-called “opposition extremists”, after long-term dismissal by opposition leaders such as advancing al-Assad’s regime.

Marei received 3.3% of the vote, while Salloum received 1.5%, Sabbagh said.

On the eve of the election, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy said the elections were not “free or fair”, and that divided dissidents in Syria called it a “joke”.

But there was no doubt that al-Assad would be re-elected. In previous elections in 2014, they won almost 89% of the vote.

Big images that promoted al-Assad were disrupted by two-thirds of the country led by the polls on Wednesday.

Prior to the announcement of the election results, state media reported that tens of thousands of Assyrians had gathered on Thursday in various cities to celebrate the election committee, which was reported by local television, saying “counting has ended in many parts of Syria”.

Some danced and beat the drum, while others cut off Syrian flags and carried pictures of al-Assad, state media said.

“Thousands of people in the region of Tartus gathered on the city’s shores to celebrate” al-Assad’s victory, according to SANA.

Thousands of Assyrians gathered in the nearby city of Latakia and in Umayyad Square in the capital city of Damascus, where along with Tartus and Latakia are important government officials.

Celebrations were also held in Aleppo and in Sweida, southern Syria, where crowds gathered in front of the city hall, state media reported.

Houwayda al-Nidal, a 52-year-old doctor, told the AFP news agency that al-Assad’s success “had two messages”.

The first is for a leader who has won the war and is leading the reconstruction work, he said, “and the second is for outsiders to identify those who will lead the political dialogue by ending the world war.”

But Layla’s student in Damascus * he was told Al Jazeera on polling day when many students are forced to vote. “Some universities will fail or fire you if you do not vote,” he said.

“But it doesn’t matter; We all know the consequences because these elections are a show, ”he said, adding that none of the three candidates stood.

The vote was boycotted by the Syrian Democratic Council, which oversees an oil-filled autonomous region in the northeast, and northwest of Idlib, where people protested against the protests on Wednesday.

Wealth in the fall fall for free

The election took place on Wednesday in government-run areas, and state-run media showed long queues to create a pavilion, which is open five hours after the closing time.

Voting has taken place amid the worst violence since the war began in 2011 – but the economy has begun to fall apart for free.

More than 80 percent of the population lives in poverty, and Syrian pounds have fallen in value compared to the US dollar, which is exacerbating inflation.

Al-Assad’s campaign slogan, “Hope for Work”, called for a major reconstruction that is needed to rebuild the country, costing billions.

Danny Makki, a student at the Middle East Institute, said the economic crisis had brought “significant dissatisfaction” even among those who are a strong supporter of al-Assad’s government.

“While the election has been a happy one, to say the least, [the] after the election [period] and the real problem lies ahead, “he told Al Jazeera.” What al-Assad can do to keep the economy afloat and deal with the Syrian crisis, even with the help of Russia and Iran, is difficult to question, “he added, referring to the two main Presidential agencies.

Al-Assad was first elected by the referendum in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria for 30 years.

The UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said the vote was not based on a political change called by Security Council Resolution 2254, which provides free and fair elections.

“What is needed is a Syrian-led response, led by the United Nations and with the help of international dialogue,” he said.