38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Arab Republic

Answer
Yes
Source

Art 2.5 ‘Ensuring the right of voters to freely choose their representatives, the integrity and integrity of electoral processes, the right of candidates to monitor them, and the punishment of the perpetrators of their will.’

Art 111 ‘Any person who, by force or threat by any means, tried to storm the polling station by force to prevent voters from choosing a candidate or forcing a voter or a hideout, shall be punished by imprisonment from one to three years and a fine of one hundred thousand Syrian Pounds to two hundred thousand Syrian Pounds. To change his mind. The punishment shall be increased to the maximum if he carries an apparent weapon.’

Source 2014 The General Elections Law nr 5

 

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