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The start of the fifth round of matches was not easy and positive (France Press)
The start of the fifth round of the Syrian Constitutional Committee meetings today, Monday, was not easy and positive, and it is the round that the Syrian opposition considers “decisive” and “substantial” and “reveals intentions”.
According to sources at Al-Araby Al-Jadeed in Geneva, the co-chair of the committee on behalf of the regime delegation, Ahmed Al-Kuzbari, rejected, yesterday evening and today morning, two proposals on the methodology for the work of the tour and the mechanism to discuss the agenda, “the basic principles of the constitution”, and “requested that an agreement be reached on the methodology during a meeting The (45) members, something that can waste several sessions without success, and serious work according to the agenda. “
The sources noted that the UN envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, “tried to seek a compromise proposal between the two parties, that is, between Al-Kuzbari’s request and the proposal of the Syrian opposition delegation, which includes that each party presents proposals for constitutional principles, and then it is discussed by all attendees to reach a consensus formulation. “When Pedersen’s proposal included” that each document presented by a delegation be examined before the next is presented document. However, the system rejected Pederson’s proposal as good, and no proposal was made on how the sessions should work. “
Although the Syrian opposition delegation rejected Al-Kuzbari’s proposal, the sessions began, and according to members of the Constitutional Committee, the regime delegation spent their speeches talking about “the seriousness of the occupations” and “the departure of foreign powers from Syria, ”as well as the“ need to lift unilateral sanctions ”. The Syrian side ”, and considered that“ the delegations should seek the opinions of others on the constitution, before entering into the study of the drafting proposals ”. He also added that “almost the second session was lost in speaking of the same generalities, amid boycotts by the regime’s delegation to most of the opposition’s interventions. “And the delegation of the opposition civil society,” according to the same sources.
The sources indicated that the first hours of the meetings reflected two aspects, the first is the intention of the regime delegation to manipulate the time, without disrupting or changing the agenda of the round, so that the delegations spend the sessions discussing visions and perceptions, without having the results of them, in the framework of the “visions” from which to build on the “formulation proposals”, a matter that can extend until the end of the current round or beyond.
As for the second aspect, it is that the United Nations did not work to complete an agreement on the methodology before the tour, especially since the United Nations is fully aware of the importance of this round, and the UN envoy was supposed to work to complete this file. in the period between the end of the last round and the beginning of the current round.
Hajans
On this, the official spokesman for the Negotiation Commission and member of the expanded constitutional committee, Yahya Al-Aridi, said in an interview with Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, that “the obsession of the regime is to approve two things, the first is one urgent need, which are the elections, and the second is of a strategic nature, and is to appear before The scientist said that he is committed to the peace process “, and Al-Aridi considered that the second issue has” greater importance consequences over which he builds the regime, including the communication that he is committed to the process, then why the sanctions, then, and with this he satisfies the Russians ”.
And he continued in that context, “Therefore it is normal that the course of the beginning of the round is in this way, a disagreement on the agreed methodology, and thus the system raises the required tension rate, and throws the ball on the court. of the other parties and holds you accountable for what will happen. “Completely, and his papers and proposals are ready. He organized his participation and his nature.”
Satisfy the passion of Russia
For his part, the director of the authority’s media office, member of the expanded constitutional committee and member of the negotiating committee, Ibrahim Jabawi, does not expect the tour to achieve achievements, and said in his speech that “The New Arab” that the system “came small and forced and to satisfy the passion of Russia, tell the world that they have come to the session,” However, the delegation of the regime arrived in Geneva with nothing and was not authorized to discuss any constitutional article at all.
Jabawi confirmed that “this session, whose schedule has been agreed, his job is clear, which is to discuss the principles of the constitution, but the system came to empty the round of its content, and this round did not and will not lead to any desired result” , and stressed that “if pressure is not exerted on Russia first” before the regime, and then Russia exerts pressure on the regime, or international pressure is formulated on the regime, the regime will not listen to the agenda. ”
He added that the opposition delegation “went to Geneva with complete and integrated works studied at the highest level, to present them as negotiable constitutional articles, and with the hope of achieving something, but the regime delegation is proceeding exactly the opposite.” And he promised that “all UN envoys, beginning with Al-Dabi and ending with Pederson, are biased towards the regime, especially Mistura, who emptied Resolution 2254 of its content and turned it into four baskets, after which it began with the basket of the constitution bypassing the basket of the transitional governing body.
He added that “the role of the United Nations is very negative, and its role should have been a mediator to save the disputed views between the two parties, and we note that Pederson’s recent briefings lack any indication that the regime is not serious or is responsible for the interruption. “
The members of the opposition delegation to the small constitutional committee held a meeting last night at the United Nations headquarters, in which they focused “on reviewing their work plan for this week according to the agenda, to discuss the principles basic of the constitution “. in accordance with the mandate of the Constitutional Committee and the reference standards and basic elements of its internal regulations, “according to a press release. The delegation distributed it to the media this morning, and a copy of it reached Al-Araby Al- Jadeed.
According to the statement, the co-chair of the Constitutional Committee, Hadi Al-Bahra, held a meeting, accompanied by several members of the opposition delegation, with the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pederson, in which Al-Bahra focused on “the need to accelerate the constitutional reform process to arrive at the drafting of a new constitution for Syria.” “The only way to end the suffering and pain of our people, the first of which is the release of the detainees, the fate of the disappeared, the safe, dignified and voluntary return of the displaced and refugees, and the realization of our people’s aspirations for freedom, dignity, justice and democracy, and a state of equitable citizenship, only achieving a just political solution through the full implementation of the two UN resolutions 2254 (2015) and 2118 (2013).
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