Election
National referendum
A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000, following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%.
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A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000, following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%.
After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on 10 June parliament voted to amend the constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age at the time.
The election was not free nor fair with opposition figures stating that the real purpose was to crush any opposition.
Text from the Wikipedia article “2000 Syrian presidential election”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.