Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
May 27, 2014, Sana News
Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas criticized the French stances on the upcoming presidential elections in Syria, calling them ridiculous, politicized and morally unacceptable as Paris is taking a side in a struggle it should not interfere in.
In an interview with SANA correspondent in Paris, Dumas said France has taken an unacceptable position providing a new example of ridiculousness, referring to a previous example made by a French foreign minister who once said that U.S. President should step down.
He described holding the elections in Syria as a “good” move as the military option alone cannot solve the crisis, adding that the Syrian government has struggled and is gaining more ground and expecting more surprises in the coming few weeks.
While the election will be definitely criticized, Dumas said, it is good and its timing is appropriate.
On the French decision to prevent the Syrians in France from voting, he said this stance is politicized, illegal and unacceptable at the moral level, adding that the French decision contradicts an international procedure that has been followed for a long time, and is considered an unaccepted interference in the Syrian internal affairs.
The French government is twisting laws and regulations in accordance with its interests, the former French foreign minister said.
He also slammed the French media outlets and their coverage of the events in Syria, warning that the so-called “European jihadists” could create security problems and that France would be endangered because of those jihadists.
Dumas was the Foreign Minister of France for ten years and the Head of the French Constitutional Court for five years.
