Come to a Word that Is Equitable between Us and You
Syria’s veteran Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem, once more appealed to every Syrian to throw his/her hat in the ring as to build and immunize Syria against every disease. Those who were led astray from the right path of patriotism, nationalism, and did carry arms against their own Syrian brothers are urged to put down their arms and catch the train- temporarily disturbed by the ongoing crisis- of Syria’s reform, building, progress and modernization. Thus, Minister al-Moallem transparently echoed the same calls issued earlier by almost every Syrian official for all Syrians, innocent of shedding the Syrian blood, to take part and play constructive role in Syria’s future.
Minister al-Moallem’s Syrian Satellite TV interview yester evening was indeed comprehensive and explanatory for almost all of the Syrian diplomatic and political work since the start of the ongoing crisis in Syria. Assertion was laid on the importance of comprehensive national dialogue, political solution for the crisis based on partnership, sovereignty, independence, integrity and inadmissibility of foreign intervention in Syria’s affair. The dirty destructive role by Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, under the directives and leadership of the USA, was once more clarified as the so far insurmountable hurdle before the much-desired-by-the majority of the Syrians political solution for the crisis. The Syrians are adamant however about exerting the more of efforts for the political solution in Syria on the basis of Geneva Statement.
Minister al-Moallem underscored that the way out from the ongoing crisis is but through adherence to President Bashar Al-Assad’s January 6th, 2013 landmark outlined basics: it is a 3-phased roadmap including in its first stage: a commitment by the concerned countries to halt the financing, arming and harboring of the armed men- mostly notorious al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists-, and then military operations are to be halted , reserving the right to respond when attacked , the finding of a mechanism to assert the commitment of all to this, especially the border control, and then the convening of the national conference for dialogue with the participation of all forces which desire participation.
The second phase of the roadmap is through a comprehensive national dialogue with a commitment to the sovereignty, unity and integrity of Syria, halting terrorism and violence. Such a national dialogue would present the constitutional system, issues and agreement on new laws for elections, which are to be put for popular referendum. An expanded government is to be assigned the role of implementing the said articles, the constitution is to be put to a popular referendum and then new parliamentary elections are to be held.
A new government is to be formed during the third phase, where a national conference for reconciliation to be convened, general amnesty to be given, and rehabilitation of the infrastructure and reparation for the damaged are to be completed. Thus, Minister al-Moallem’s interview deserves but a thorough reading and an accurate translation by the concerned as evade the more of the unbearable.
Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim