H.E. President Bashar Al-Assad Takes the Constitutional Oath

DAMASCUS, (ST)_ H.E. President Bashar Al-Assad Takes the Constitutional Oath for a New 7-year Presidential Term.

 President Bashar Hafez Al-Assad was declared as the winner in Syria’s June multi-candidate elections.

President Bashar Al-Assad won a third 7-year presidential term with the absolute majority: 10 million, 319 thousand and 723 voters voted President Al-Assad with an 88,7 percentage.

11 million, 634 thousand and 412 Syrians participated in the balloting process. 15 million, 845 thousand and 575 Syrians were eligible for voting. 442108 balloting papers were considered invalid, according to the Supreme Constitutional Court.

You have been steadfast and committed to your homeland, president Al-Assad said to the Syrians on this glorious day in Syria’s modern history.

You are one people with one heart, added H.E. President Al-Assad to his own people, who wanted, decided and implemented what they aspired to practicing democracy and voting for their constitution and parliament.

The presidential elections for the steadfast Syrians has indeed been the battle for the enemies of Syria as to delegitimize the state and for the Syrians as to announce their true belongingness to the homeland and as to defend the sovereignty, legitimacy and decision, H.E. President Al-Assad pointed out.

” the presidential elections have been the referendum against terrorism in all of its forms.” President Al-Assad outlined asserting that the terrorists and their masters were defeated by the Syrians tsunami voting, including those voting by the Syrian expatriates abroad in defense of Syria’s integrity, sovereignty and dignity.

The big turnout of the Syrian voters abroad reiterated that the brutality and terrorism of the terrorists were the reason behind the Syrians leaving of their homeland.

“the presidential elections have been like the bullet targeting the terrorists chests.” Added H.E. President Al-Assad asserting that all empires of politics, media, and oil are nothing compared to the Syrian national steadfast stance and that such empires are able to inflict harm and damage but are unable to succeed.