“Syria’s seat at the upcoming Arab summit will be vacant despite the attendance of Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba, Ahmed Bin Helli, deputy head of the Arab League, said Friday. Speaking after a preparatory summit meeting in Kuwait City, Bin Helli said Jarba would deliver a speech at the summit – scheduled for March 25 and 26 – as a legitimate representative of Syria……………..”
This Al Jarba claims to represent the Syrian people, but they have never elected him and possibly never will if given a free choice. He was elected by the Saudi princes to rule over Syria with the grudging approval of some five-star-hotel opposition figures. He has no more claim to rule than anyone else, including Al Assad.
Come to think of it: how many of the Arab leaders or head of government at the summit were elected by their peoples? The few who were “elected” were chosen through rigged and restrictive elections. Adly Mansour Al Zombie of military-ruled Egypt was appointed by the junta to help kill off all opponents of their rule through death sentences handed by kangaroo courts. That way the generals can point te finger at Al Zombie if anyone bothers to seek justice in the future. The President of Yemen Abd Rabbuh Hadi Something was selected by outside kings and allegedly got some 98% of the vote: a close second to Kim Jong-Un. I have no idea of the presidents of Somalia and Comoros and Mauretania and how they came to power.
The only leaders who came to power through electoral processes are those from Iraq and Lebanon and Tunisia and the first two (Lebanon and Iraq) are elected through purely sectarian and ethnic divisions of power.
Cheers
mhg