True Democracy
The ongoing in our beloved country, the cradle of every civilization, is largely the result of an international conspiracy as to weaken, modify, fracture and dismember Syria. Some would argue to the contrary; a thorough reading of the crisis since its onset would, however, support my analysis.
Once the events started in March 2011, arrangements, steps, and measures were made and taken as to find appropriate answers to emerging questions, mainly caused by misunderstandings, at times mishandlings, thus, several meetings at all levels, not to mention the meetings held by H.E. President Basher Al-Assad with popular delegations and civilians. The popular demands, some of which were indeed the demands of the Syrian leadership itself, were met and in a record time, given the fact that the leadership has been working on some of these demands long before the crisis started.
Unfortunately, the speeding up of the reforms, enacting of new laws and decrees, passed unpaid heed for by some. Rarely could a country worldwide have such a bulk of reform measures and concrete steps on the ground in boosting of media, party, legislative, and political partnership and plurality, as Syria did have. The Syrian Constitution, unmatched for in Syria’s neighbouring countries, was redrawn and tailored to the demands, some of which were indeed unjust, new parties founded , local administrations, parliamentary elections held
The taken measures and procedures were met but with increasing military escalations and terrorist acts by the foreign backed terrorist groups in action on the Syrian land! Two thirds of the world countries have increased their pressures on the Syrians, unjust economic sanctions, merciless media war propaganda, smuggling of weapons, dispatching of terrorists, looting of Syrian sources…the neighbouring countries, close friends and allies of yesterday, played a bloody role in supporting the terrorist groups, harbouring, and training them. The supposedly to be Arab brethren unmasked their real ewes’ faces and foxy intentions imposing sanctions, suspending Syria’s membership in the only supposed to be remaining form of Arab solidarity, the League of Arab States. The USA, Israel, Turkey, some western countries recklessly and mercilessly contributed to the long awaited for moment of slaughtering, weakening and dismembering Syria, sending their squads of killings, ‘non-lethal’, spies and units of killings to the neighbours, if not to within Syria; under the false motto of protecting the Syrians from Syrians! They have been killing us under the false pretext of protecting us from ourselves! They have used the displaced as a bargain, beggary means, enslaved and raped on many occasions even the children among our females, ransacked and stole our bread, factories and medicine as to protect the Syrians from Syrians.
The majority did stand up and face the world war against Syria; the Syrian soldier stood steadfast and did fight back; the sufferings and pains inflicted as well as the sacred blood of our martyrs did fuel the Syrians’ just and legitimate struggle for survival and victory. Syria’s true friends, including Iran, Russia, China, DPRK, BRICS, did stand by Syrians’ just and right cause against the new colonial frenzy war. The majority, strengthened by the ongoing dialogue, President Al-Assad’s political wisdom and vision to solve the crisis, as well as by the accomplishments of the Syrian hero Army against terrorists, is more than ever determined to foil the sinister malicious conspiracy. Tomorrow is but better and more shining through the coming ballots, which would prove but the real popularity and mass unlimited support of the majority to the only remaining true Arab Leader, who embodies the national spirit and hopes of Arabs from Gulf to the Ocean. Ballots and NOT bullets are the way to real democracy, aren’t they?
Dr. Mohammad Abdo Al-Ibrahim