DAMASCUS
The polling stations opened at 7.00 am (local time). The election is taking place under the shadow of unrest. The oppositions called elections “roguery”.
Also, Victoria Nuland, spokesperson for the State Secretary of the United States, has said that the elections under violence was “funny”.
The opposition movement against President Bashar al-Assad has begun in March 2011.
Syria holds multi-party elections for first time since the adoption referendum of a new constitution in February that ended the five-decade stranglehold on power of the ruling Baath party.
7,195 candidates have registered to stand for the 250 seats against Bashar al-Assad.
Nine parties have been created, and seven have candidates vying for a parliamentary seat.
The 12,000 polling stations are due to close at 10.00 pm (local time).
