A Syrian party filed a lawsuit against the candidate for the presidential elections, Mahmoud Mari, for defamation and betrayal, the Secretary-General of the Solidarity Party, Muhammad Abu Qasim, said that the lawsuit includes, slander, betrayal, and defamation, in response to what Mari said in his last interview with Al-Watan local newspaper.

He pointed out that the text of Mari’s dialogue with the newspaper will be attached to the case, and said that the candidate according to the law does not enjoy immunity for the courts. Abu Qasim added that what was said by Mahmoud Mari “included a violation of the election law, specifically the third paragraph of Article 50 which stipulates not to include Electoral propaganda is contrary to public order and public morals which the general system and public morals, "Abu Qasim explained that attacking licensed political parties violates these morals too.

The candidate for the presidential elections in Syria, Mahmoud Mari, referred in the dialogue to the Solidarity Party, accusing it of having foreign relations (with Saudi Arabia), and also accusing it of being associated with the opposition Coordination Body, and with “NDF” (the National Democratic Front), which prevented the Syrian authorities from holding founding conference about a month ago.

Regarding this, Abu Qasim said, "The Coordination Committee is from the internal opposition that we are talking to and we meet with to reach a political solution that fulfills the legitimate demands of the people." But for the accusation of the relationship with Riyadh, Abu Qasim says that Mari’s accusation of the Solidarity Party in relation to Riyadh is seen as treason employment, in the current situation in Syria.

The "Youth for Building and Change" party had submitted an appeal to the Supreme Constitutional Court, in which it said that Mari violated one of the constitutional conditions for a candidate, which is that he must have resided in Syria permanently for a period of ten years, The Youth Party indicated that Mari had been outside the country for a period exceeding the constitutionally permissible limit.

Yesterday, the "Democratic Arab Socialist Union" issued a statement denying that Mari had any relationship with the party, after information was circulated in this regard.