Assad Wins Syrian Elections, Kerry Enraged

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

Photo: UPI/Landov/Barcroft Media

June 4, 2014

In what should surprise no one who is familiar with the Syrian political situation, President Bashar Al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide victory on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014.

Assad won with 88.7% of the vote, securing a third term in office and seven more years as president of Syria.

Jihad Lahan, Speaker of the Syrian Parliament, announced the results earlier, also stating that Hassan Al-Nouri won 4.3% and Maher Hajjar took 3.2% of the vote.

Syria's Supreme Constitutional Court deemed the voter turnout to be 73.42 percent.

After the announcement of the election results, Damascus erupted with joy and celebration as well as pro-Assad chants. Meanwhile, in Beruit, U.S. Secretary of State and Skull and Bones memberJohn Kerry, erupted in fits of rage and tired propaganda talking points.

Kerry stated, "Nothing has changed from the day before the election and the day after. Nothing. The conflict is the same, the terror is the same, the killing is the same."

Kerry made no mention of the fact, of course, that the conflict, terror, and killing was organized,funded and directed by the United States and the Anglo-Europeans. Indeed, it is clear that John Kerry himself is responsible for more dead Syrians than Bashar Assad could ever dream to be.

Kerry also stated that the Syrian election cannot be considered fair, "because you can't have an election where millions of your people don't even have an ability to vote."

Syrian Voters Speak For Themselves (PHOTOS)

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post
June 4, 2014

Although Western media outlets are predictably attempting to portray the Syrian elections as “sham elections” or merely the beginning of a corrupted process, the evidence coming out of the country paints quite a different picture.

Despite the propaganda coming out of establishment media outlets like NPR claiming that the almost assured election of Bashar Al-Assad is tantamount to a rigged election, the truth is that the Assad government is widely popular in Syria, a notable consequence of the Anglo-American/Anglo-European destabilization effort.

Assad is one of three candidates running for President of Syria, the other candidates being Maher al-Hajjad and Hassan al-Nuri. Assad is expected to win in a landslide both due to popular support before the destabilization when he was viewed by ordinary Syrians as a reformer of the heavy-handed policies of his father Hafez as well as the even larger amount of support he has garnered as a result of his resilience in the face of the Western onslaught.

It is also important to note that Hajjad and Nuri focused their campaigns mainly on issues such as corruption and basic economic policy, putting them out of touch politically with the average Syrian citizen. Nevertheless, after three years of war, Syrians are ecstatic to finally be able to cast their ballots in the first presidential election in Syria in nearly fifty years.

For instance, in a recent article from the Associated Press, reports of Syrian refugees in Lebanon wishing to vote (mostly for Assad) were so ready to enter the polling booth in the Syrian embassy in Lebanon, that a virtual riot ensued, resulting in Lebanese security beating the voters with batons and sticks.