“You have saved its reputation and relaunched it,” President Assad said in a televised speech one day after he was announced as the winner with 95% of the vote.

“You have redefined nationalism and that also means automatically redefining treason,” President Assad said, adding that the voters frustrated the plots of all Syria’s enemies.

On Thursday, Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hammouda Sabbagh announced victory of Bashar Al-Assad in the presidential election, having the majority of votes with 95.1%.

“Dr. Bashar Al-Assad gained 13.540.860 votes with 95.1% out of the total correct votes,” Speaker Sabbagh said at a press conference.

Sabbagh added that the number of voters who have the right to cast their votes inside and outside Syria reached 18.107.109, while the number of those who cast their votes inside and outside the country reached 14.239.140 with 78.64%.

The Speaker went on to say that the second candidate Mahmoud Marei gained 470.276 votes with 3.3%, while Abdallah Salloum Abdallah gained 213.968 votes with 1.5 %.

Source: Al-Manar English Website and Reuters