“A Joke of an election”

 

By Jaime Ortega.

 

Yasser Abu Hamed the cartoonist who drew in his website the supposed candidates , did not seem to have opted for none of the three real candidates for the presidential election. The selfless voter had chosen a joke instead. The same that illustrated the ballot going inside the box.

To Kamiran Shamdin , the regime had shown some mercy. Instead of amputating the five fingers of the voter, they let him have four . The index is reserved for what could be marked by ink when its cover .

The black humor of characters as the Syrian -Palestinian Abu Hamed or Shamdin reflects shows the peculiar electoral campaign that has turned the Syrian people – based opposition in irony and sarcasm against the presidential elections tomorrow that must ratify Bashar Asad to power again.

Front the regimes hype , opponents have turned their efforts on the internet where the two candidates who intend theoretically to challenge the current head of state have become the target of popular sarcasm .

A struggle without real contenders

Opponents point out that the parliamentary Maher Hajjar was the author of an article whose title was more explicit: ” Bashar or anyone else.” The same slogan that government forces have drawn on the walls of the cities that have been ravaged.

Hajjar and businessman Hassan Nouri were the only contestants who were allowed to attend these votes with another twenty candidates who filed their nomination.

Nuri , a businessman of 54 years , father of five,  lived a decade in Wisconsin , Lebanon and Switzerland , admitted in a conversation with ‘ The Sunday Times ‘ that a representative of the regime asked him ” in a very polite manner “A month to be submitted to the polls ago. “Nobody forced me ,” he said.

In another interview he gave yesterday to the Associated Press , the former also Minister of the parliamentary gushed toward the figure of Bashar – which he defined as ” a great leader ” – and its predecessor , fellow dictator Hafez al-Assad as another good option.

“I know I ‘m competing with a president who has ruled the country 14 years. Know that your dad was a great president, loved by many Syrians who led the country for 30 years. That means I have to deal with people who have won respect for society, ” he said.

It even had an impact on ‘ The Sunday Times ‘ that will keep Bashar Assad over the army if he wins the election because if he had been in charge of the State it would have reacted as an autocrat when e suppressed the popular revolt.

” The three [ candidates ] will agree to 100-100 in how to deal with the Syrian crisis from the political – military terms ,” he said . At the same time, he refused to dismiss his own candidacy . “I am a serious candidate for the presidency. I’m Not sleeping . I’m Working hard , day and night. Never retire me [ from the election ] ,” he said.

Yes, he admitted, ” most likely I will not win.” ” But Syria will win ,” he added

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