Assad Will Remain In Office And May Run For Re-Election, Syrian Official Says
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 7:28 EDT
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will remain in office, and has the right to decide to run for re-election next year, Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said on Tuesday.
“Syria is staying put: the state, the nation, the people and the president. This is the Syrians’ choice,” Zohbi told journalists.
“All the people call for President Bashar al-Assad to be president of this state, whatever the opposition, the Americans and the traitors say,” he added.
Conflict broke out in Syria 30 months ago after Assad’s regime launched a crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired protests demanding political change.
The regime has consistently blamed a foreign-backed “terrorist” plot for the violence that has wracked the country ever since.
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