Nothing Can Prevent Assad’s Candidacy in 2014 Election,says Jamil

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, who is also an opposition figure, called for all-out respect for the law, and said no one can prevent President Bashar al-Assad’s nomination in the 2014 elections as no article or paragraph in the Syrian law has banned candidacy of President Al-Assad or any other figure in the presidential election.

“According to the laws, President Al-Assad’s remaining in power until the end of his presidential term is legal,” Jamil told FNA on Tuesday, and added, “The presidential election will be held in mid 2014 ,”.

He further rejected some recent allegations that Assad’s nomination in the upcoming presidential election would be illegal, and said, “There is no paragraph to ban President Al-Assad’s candidacy in the next round of presidential election in the country as there is no paragraph to ban the candidacy of any other person in the election either.”

M.D