המשטר של אסד הוא סוציאליסטי-שמאלני, לא נאצי
אצל הנאצים הקומוניסטים ישבו בבתי הסוהר ובמחנות הריכוז, אצל אסד הם יושבים בקואליציה השלטת 'החזית הלאומית המתקדמת' (الجبهة الوطنية التقدمية)בראשות מפלגת הבעת'.
מתוך ויקיפדיה האנגלית:
>>The Front was established by Syrian president Hafiz al-Asad to provide for a limited degree of participation in government by political parties other than the ruling Ba'ath Party. Its constitution provides that the Ba'ath Party controls 50% plus one of the votes on its executive committee. A number of seats in the People's Council of Syria are reserved for members of NPF parties other than the Ba'ath Party. These minor parties are legally required to accept the leadership of the Ba'ath Party. The non-Ba'athist parties in the Progressive Front, for example, are not allowed to canvass for supporters in the army or the student body which are "reserved exclusively for the Ba'ath."[1]
From 1972 to 2011, only parties participating in the NPF have been legally permitted to operate in Syria. The Legislative Decree on Parties law of 2011[2], Legislative Decree on General Elections Law of 2011[3] and the new Syrian constitution of 2012[4] introduced multi-party system in Syria.
The NPF is composed of ten political parties:
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Arab Socialist Movement
Arab Socialist Union
Syrian Communist Party (Khalid Bakdash faction)
Syrian Communist Party (Yusuf Faisal faction)
Social Democratic Unionists
Socialist Unionists
Democratic Socialist Unionist Party
Arabic Democratic Unionist Party
National Vow Movement
After previously being a part of NPF, Syrian Social Nationalist Party joined the opposition, Popular Front for Change and Liberation, for the May 2012 election to the parliament.<<
