Al-Moallem: Security, Terrorism Fighting, Reconstruction and National Reconciliation Slogans of Coming Era

DAMASCUS, (ST)- Most of the Syrian people want security and stability and seek fighting terrorism, launching reconstruction and attaining an all-out national reconciliation all over Syria, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said in an interview with al-Mayadeen TV yesterday.

“These are the slogans of the coming era,” added al-Moallem, stressing that the Syrian people’s will, which is to be reflected in the results of the Syrian presidential elections, is above all other wills and it will impose a new situation that no one can ignore.

Hailing the Syrian people’s huge turnout on voting despite the threats they received before elections, al-Moallem said “the Syrians know well the meaning of democracy and how this democracy is practiced and today they are giving legitimacy to the candidate who will lead them in the coming era.”

In response to the West’s stance, al-Moallem said “democracy is supposed to mean that people govern themselves by themselves through ballot boxes. Those who want to impose other politicized concepts of democracy that meet their agendas will be doomed to failure.”

Answering a question on why Syria didn’t invite international or regional organizations to follow up the election process in Syria, al-Moallem said the “Arab League has conspired on Syria since the beginning of the crisis so how can we trust its observers? When the Arab League’s Secretary General goes to the Security Council seeking the issuance of a resolution under Chapter VII against Syria, this means that he wants to repeat the League’s Libyan scenario in Syria.”

As for the western international organizations, al-Maollem said “countries like France, Britain and the United States have prevented the Syrian citizens from practicing their constitutional right in election and by doing so they violate human rights, so also how can we trust the observers of these countries which claim democracy, but at the same time don’t allow the Syrians to vote for their president.”

“These countries should watch today how the Syrians practice real democracy,” he added, pointing out that even citizens staying in clashes areas have managed to leave for safer places where they can vote.

On the possibility of a change in international stances after elections, al-Moallem said the conspiracy reached a deadlock, calling on the countries which conspired on Syria to reconsider their stances and policies otherwise the terrorism hitting Syria today will hit them later.

In a statement to journalists after casting his vote in the presidential elections, al-Moallem said “Syria is starting to restore security in order to launch the reconstruction process, attain national reconciliation and begin progress in the political solution to the crisis in the country.”

H. Mustafa