Syrian election fraud is rampant

What?? Where was Jimmy Carter? He would have looked at all the guns and declared these elections to be open and fair! That would have proven the honesty of the Syrian dictatorship and allowed them to get on with training the terrorists for their Iranian masters. "Sit, Assad! Good boy. Have a doggy treat."

MEMRI: Latest News: "The April 22-23, 2007 parliamentary elections in Syria were held amid reports of electoral fraud. [1] In the Al-Rakka district in the east of the country, this even led to violent demonstrations, with over 530 citizens arrested by the Syrian security services. [2] In addition, numerous reports from opposition sources claimed that the Syrian regime had rigged 'ghost lists' in some districts, i.e., lists of supposedly independent candidates who were, in fact, affiliated with the regime. [3]

The election results, as announced by the Syrian interior minister on April 26, 2007, sparked fierce protest on the part of the Syrian opposition, which called on the international community and on Arab and international organizations not to recognize the new Syrian parliament and its decisions.

The Syrian government press joined the criticism, emphasizing that the voter turnout would have been higher had the Syrian parliament been more effective in performing its functions. The articles expressed the hope that the new parliament would not disappoint the Syrian citizens as its predecessors had."