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La UE pide un verdadero proceso político tras "ilegítimas" elecciones sirias

04 Jun 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
El Economista

La jefa de la diplomacia de la Unión Europea (UE), Catherine Ashton, aseguró hoy que las elecciones presidenciales en Siria fueron "ilegítimas" y "no democráticas" e instó a emprender un "verdadero proceso político" con el aval de la comunidad internacional.

"Las elecciones del 3 de junio no pueden considerarse como un voto verdaderamente democrático", indicó Ashton en un comunicado, a la vez que afirmó que cualquier elección que se celebre en Siria debería hacerse "en el marco de un verdadero proceso político acordado por la comunidad internacional".

Polls open in Syrian presidential elections

03 Jun 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Haaretz

Syrians began voting on Tuesday in an election expected to deliver an overwhelming victory to President Bashar Assad in the midst of a civil war that has fractured the country and killed more than 160,000 people.

Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) in parts of Syria under Assad's government control.

"We hope for security and stability," said Hussam al-Din al Aws, an Arabic teacher who was the first person to vote at one polling station at a Damascus secondary school. Asked who would win, he responded: "God willing, President Bashar al-Assad."

Syria's 2014 Presidential Election Underway

03 Jun 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
The Huffington Post

Thousands of Syrians lined up outside polling centers in government-controlled areas around the country to vote Tuesday in the presidential election that Bashar Assad is widely expected to win but which has been denounced by critics as a sham.

The balloting comes amid a devastating, three-year civil war that activists say has killed more than 160,000 people, about a third of whom were civilians. It's also Syria's first multi-candidate election in more than 40 years.

Syria: Presidential Elections Herald End of the Crisis

01 Jun 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Al Manar

Information Minister Omran al-Zoabi asserted that the upcoming presidential elections herald the end of crisis in Syria, while forces in the US, Europe and the Gulf who support terrorism work to prolong the crisis.

The Minister told al-Manar TV on Friday that the elections are carried out according to the constitution and law, and that the greater majority of Syrians inside the country are in areas under the control of the Syrian state and army, and these people will take part in the elections.

Iran says Syria vote will boost Assad legitimacy

30 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

Iran said Friday that next week's presidential election in Syria, branded a farce by Western governments, will boost the legitimacy of its ally Bashar al-Assad.

"God willing, the elections in Syria will be carried out without a hitch," said Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Syrians Flood Embassy In Lebanon To Cast Ballots In Presidential Election

28 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Huffington Post

They partied their way up the 10-kilometer hill toward the Syrian Embassy, waving flags and posters in the oppressive heat. They dodged stick-wielding soldiers at checkpoints and waited for hours in massive lines and heaving scrums of bodies. And finally, tens of thousands of Syrians living here cast their ballots Wednesday as voting started for expatriates ahead of their country's presidential election early next week.

But if there were three names on the ballot -- President Bashar Assad and two carefully vetted members of parliament -- there was no suspense as to the outcome.

Beirut roads paralyzed by Syrian voters headed to polls

28 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

Thousands of mostly pro-Assad supporters flocked to the Syrian Embassy Wednesday to cast ballots in the presidential elections, causing suffocating traffic jams around Beirut.

The embassy opened its doors in the early hours of the morning when hundreds walked to the only polling station available to vote, with Syrian anthems blaring from cars and buses decorated with photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah flags.

Syrian opposition defense minister resigns

19 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Al Arabiya News

The Syrian opposition’s defense minister has resigned after reports of disagreements with the group’s head, opposition sources said on Monday.

Dissident Asaad Mustafa’s resignation from the government-in-exile highlights divisions among President Bashar al-Assad's opponents.

Mustafa, in his sixties,had been appointed to his post in November as part of a plan by the opposition National Coalition to administer rebel-held areas of the war-torn country, according to Reuters news agency.

Syrian opposition defense minister resigns

19 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Al Arabiya News

The Syrian opposition’s defense minister has resigned after reports of disagreements with the group’s head, opposition sources said on Monday.

Dissident Asaad Mustafa’s resignation from the government-in-exile highlights divisions among President Bashar al-Assad's opponents.

Mustafa, in his sixties,had been appointed to his post in November as part of a plan by the opposition National Coalition to administer rebel-held areas of the war-torn country, according to Reuters news agency.

Jordan Allows Syrian Embassy to Host Presidential Polls

16 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Al Manar

Jordan said on Thursday that it does not mind allowing Syrians living in it to cast ballots in their country's presidential election at the Syrian embassy in Amman.

Syrian expatriates around the world were invited by the government of their country to go to Syrian embassies and consulates in other countries on May 28 for presidential polls, that are likely to give president Bashar al-Assad a third term in office.

El primer ministro sirio anuncia el final de los preparativos para los comicios presidenciales

14 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
El Economista

El primer ministro de Siria, Wael al Halqi, ha anunciado este martes que el Gobierno ha finalizado todos los preparativos de cara a la celebración el 2 de junio de las elecciones presidenciales, según ha informado la agencia estatal siria de noticias, SANA.

Un total de 21 de las 24 personas que presentaron su candidatura a los comicios han sido rechazadas por el Tribunal Constitucional alegando que incumplen con los requisitos contemplados por la ley.

Lakhdar Brahimi quits Syria ‘mission impossible’

14 Mayo 2014
Siria
Fuente: 
Middle East Online

The United Nations and Arab League mediator on the conflict in Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has resigned, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

Standing beside Brahimi at UN headquarters in New York, Ban said he "will relinquish his duties effective May 31."

Brahimi, who gave up Tuesday after trying unsuccessfully to mediate an end to Syria's civil war, has spent his career in the diplomatic trenches of the world's most intractable conflicts.

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