Dialogue Conference in Syria “Historical Possibility”

The temporary president of Syria told a national conference on dialogue that the country has a “historical” opportunity to recover from the overthrow of Bashar al -Assad.

Ahmed al -Sharaa also stressed the need for armed groups to integrate into the military and the state to have a monopoly on weapons, saying that “Syria’s power lies in his unity.”

The 600 delegates have been asked to make recommendations on transitional justice, the economy, the new constitution and other topics to lead a new transitional government.

But there is a criticism that the process is hasty and led by the Kurdish police administration and the autonomous administration, which controls the northeastern Syria, have not been invited.

The Assad family has ruled Syria for more than 50 years with an iron fist, with Bashar being president in 2000 after the death of her father Hafez.

In 2011, Bashar brutally lubricated a peacefully pro -democratic uprising, igniting a devastating civil war that killed over 600,000 people and 12 million others forced to escape from their homes.

On December 8, he fled to Russia after a rebel alliance, led by the Islamist Charaa Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), traveled from northwestern Syria and entered Damascus in just 12 days.

Seven weeks later, Sharah was appointed president for the “transition period” by his colleagues rebel commands. They also announced the cancellation of the Constitution in 2012, the termination of agencies for parliament, the army and security and the integration of all rebel groups into the new state institutions that replace them.

Sharaa promised to hold a National Dialogue Conference to discuss the future of Syria, which he said would be followed by a “constitutional declaration” to serve during the transition.

“Syria free itself by itself, and she suits him to upgrade on his own,” Sharaa said in a speech at the National Dialogue Conference in Damascus on Tuesday.

“What we live today is an exceptional, historical and rare opportunity. We must take advantage of it from it to serve the interests of our people and our country.”

The Organizing Committee has said that six working groups will be set up to discuss a transitional justice system, the new constitution, reform and construction of state institutions, personal freedoms, the role of civil society and the future economic model of the country.

The groups will agree to undisturbed recommendations that will be presented to the new transitional government, which will take power on Saturday and help to form the constitutional declaration, according to the committee.

Sharaa said a transitional justice body would soon be set up to “restore people’s rights” and begin to be reported to report to those who committed crimes against the Syrians during the Civil War.

He also reiterated that non -state armed groups should disarm and convey their territory.

“The unity of weapons and their monopoly from the state is not a luxury, but an obligation and a duty,” he said. “Syria is indivisible; it is full, and its power lies in his unity.”

Temporary government forces control the largest cities in Syria, but large parts of the country are still being held by different armed groups.

These include the Syrian democratic forces led by Kurdish (SDF), a police union supported by the United States, which controls most of the northeast and serves as the Armed Forces of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria (Aanes).

So far, SDF has declined to integrate its forces into the new Syrian army, although negotiations have been underway in recent weeks.

The organizers of the conference said SDF and Aanes were not invited because of this refusal and that the Kurds would be represented in Damascus, even if they were not.

However, SDF spokesman Farhad Shami told the AFP news agency that “the exclusion of SDF and the large sections of Syrian society confirm that the conference serves as a pleasure for the outside world and not to seek a better future.”

Thirty -five parties in Aanes also criticized what is claiming to be the “representative of the tokens” of the Kurds and other minorities, saying that such events are “meaningless, useless and will not contribute to finding real solutions to the ongoing crisis of the ongoing crisis of The country. “

Moutasem Sioufi from the day after, an independent civil society group participating in the conference told the BBC that it was important for all groups to participate.

“We have to have a dialogue with all the Syrian groups, with all the Syrian powers, especially those who have a great influence on Earth. Without this Syria, it would face it very difficult to maintain together,” he said.

The results of the conference will be carefully monitored by the international community, which calls for an inclusive political process that represents the many ethnic and religious communities in the country.

During the Civil War, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union imposed a wide range of sanctions on Syria aimed at the Assad government and its allies in response to the atrocities committed during the Civil War.

They have canceled some of the sanctions that crippled the Syrian economy after the fall of Assad, but have made additional steps depending on the new leaders of Syria, who respect the promises to respect minority rights and focus on democracy.

On Monday, the EU announced that it was suspending the sanctions on its energy, transport and banking sector to facilitate humanitarian aid and reconstruction.

Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shibani welcomes this decision, but he criticizes international sanctions still in a speech at the National Dialogue Conference.

“These sanctions are illegitimate and are not based on any legal or moral foundations,” he said. “They are used as a means of pressure on the will of the Syrian people.”

HTS, a former al -Qaeda branch, is subject to separate sanctions because it continues to be prescribed as a terrorist organization by the UN, USA, EU and the UK.