89.4% of Syrian Voters Agree Constitution Amendment

Syria’s Interior Minister Mohammad Chaar attends the press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2012.

Chaar said Sunday that a total of 8,376,447 citizens, or 57.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in the referendum on the new draft constitution, with 7,490,319 (89.4 percent) agreeing to it and 753,208 (9 percent) saying “No”. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi>

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