Thursday, 14 April 2016
Syria's parliamentary elections in government-held areas on Wednesday are a "sham" organized by "an oppressive regime", France's foreign ministry said. “France denounces this sham of an election organized by the regime," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Romain Nadal said in a daily briefing on Wednesday.
"They are being held without campaigning, under the auspices of an oppressive regime and without international observation," he added.
Nadal said viable elections could only take place after a political transition and new constitution, stressing that only elections as part of a UN resolution that paves the way for a transition in the country would be valid.
Nadal said millions of Syrians were forced to abandon their areas and did not participate in the elections.
The United Nations announced Tuesday that it does not recognize the vote.
Source: Middle East Monitor.
Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/25010-france-slams-syrian-parliamentary-elections.
Syria's parliamentary elections in government-held areas on Wednesday are a "sham" organized by "an oppressive regime", France's foreign ministry said. “France denounces this sham of an election organized by the regime," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Romain Nadal said in a daily briefing on Wednesday.
"They are being held without campaigning, under the auspices of an oppressive regime and without international observation," he added.
Nadal said viable elections could only take place after a political transition and new constitution, stressing that only elections as part of a UN resolution that paves the way for a transition in the country would be valid.
Nadal said millions of Syrians were forced to abandon their areas and did not participate in the elections.
The United Nations announced Tuesday that it does not recognize the vote.
Source: Middle East Monitor.
Link: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/25010-france-slams-syrian-parliamentary-elections.
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