Al-Halqi issues decisions to ease solving crisis in Syria

DAMASCUS,(ST)- The Syrian Prime Minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi  today issues a decision to form subcommittees in every governorate to be tasked to laying down the necessary mechanisms for calling the national opposition and all political forces, vocational unions and popular organizations including the civil society, religious and economic commissions to began open consultative meetings for discussing the form and context of the national dialogue conference.

The decision provides that the committee begins its action immediately and submit periodical reports about results of the contacts and consultative sessions and the carried out activities to the Prime Minister and to define participants from the governorates in the national dialogue conference.

The subcommittee will be chaired by the governor and include  members of al-Baath Party Branch Secretary in the governorate , chairman of the governorate’s council, police chief and representatives of the reconciliation committee at the People’s Assembly and the State Ministry for the National Reconciliation Affairs.

The decision comes as an implementation of the political program for solving the crisis in Syria and of the decisions taken during the sessions held on 8 – 9 January 2013 regarding laying down the mechanisms and executive steps of the political program.       

Al-Halqi also issued a decision providing for forming a committee to supervise the return of Syrian displaced in the neighboring countries through the crossing borders who were obliged due to the current circumstances to leave their houses and countries and to facilitate the necessary logistic and administrative measures.

The committee will  be headed by representative of the higher committee for relief and its membership will include representatives of the national security bureau, the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Expatriates, Justice, Interior, the State Ministries of National Reconciliation, Red Crescent Affairs and representative of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Organization.

Obeida Mohammad