the next election is 2021... whether the war is considered over or not

elections are every 7 years

last one... if I recall was near christmas... in 2014

it was the first presidential election

and as per article... 88 (I think) of the syrian constitution as ammended in 2012 a president can only sit for 2 terms

before that the president was appointed by the legislature

the problem is i'm not sure how willing the defeated territories will be to vote for assad

might depends on the local MP... also might depend on the alternatives

and they wont be able to vote for a party with assad as its head, since he wont be able to run again

but they could still vote for the ba'ath party

does the two term rule apply retroactively?

dont think so... hes been prez since 2001

so he might be able to be elected for one more term

but I think he was elected in 2007 ... so hes had 2 terms

the president wasn't elected prior to 2014

and in 2014 he didnt get enough votes

before then it was an appointment by the legislature

so i'm not sure that counts

thats why theres a coalition

2 seats of the syrian communist party .. and 2 other socialist parties to get from 164 seats to the 168 he needed

It wouldnt surprise me if the next leader of the ba'ath party was female

I dont think it will be the vice prez... what is she now? 84?

i know nothing about her

She went to school in scotland

I wonder if his wife would do it 😛 imagine having a brit as president of syria

hafez al assad looked kinda like an anglo to me

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/372513679964635138/663753278349377556/02c07533939137173bd22b7f1f7eb97e.png

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>fuck everything these two flags represent
>blue represents scotland
ok very cool post

the self-hating is high with this one

'Nationalism isn't bad when we do it'

What's Scottish nationalism about then according to these people?

european nationalism

Nationalism without the nation

The new video has been taken down

Oof

Dick Clark Productions?

oh .. I watched it 😛

it had a short clip of ricky gervais.. which he said he would risk putting in

it wasnt even a proper copy, it was someone filming it on a tv

and he mentioned how it was the environmentalists fault in austrailia because they wouldnt let farmers burn off their fields when they needed to