PYD: Assad can run for elections in Kurdish Syria

MESOP : PYD GIVE ASSAD A CHANCE

05.05.2014 – BasNews, Erbil – The leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim confirmed that presidential elections are set to take place in the Kurdish regions of Syria and that government troops would be welcomed in the area on condition that Bashar al Assad accept Kurdish rights in Syria.  

In an interview with Kurdish Press news website – linked to the Iranian government – Muslim said: “the Syrian regime can allocate a number of ballot boxes in Syria’s Kurdish cities.”  – “Assad can deploy and spread his troops in Syrian Kurdistan but only if he accepts Kurdish rights,” added Muslim. The PYD leader explained that the presidential elections of Syria will have polling stations near Qamishli airport and areas of Hassakah but did not mention whether voting would take place in other Kurdish cities like the Kobane and Efrin cantons. Muslim stressed that Kurds in Syrian Kurdistan are likely not to vote for Assad as they are currently busy with their own elections within the three autonomous administrations of Cizire, Kobane and Efrin.