PRAGUE, (ST)-“President Bashar Al-Assad enjoys the strong support of the Syrian people,” Former Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has stressed, pointing out that “this is something that needs to be taken into consideration when talking about any political arrangements regarding the situation in Syria within the framework of the political solution of the crisis in the country.
In an article Published on the Czech.cz website on Wednesday, Paroubek said “the participation of President Al-Assad in any coming presidential elections after the defeat of ISIL is logical,” adding that “President Al-Assad was elected in 2014 in one of the most democratic elections ever held in the Arab world.”
He clarified that the steadfastness of President Al-Assad for more than four years against the will of the world’s super powers and the will of Saudi Arabia Qatar and tens of thousands of terrorists coming from all over the world, indicates that the “administration of President Al-Assad is based on the strong support of the Syrian people.”
Hamda Mustafa