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Kassioun Editorial 1211: Our Civil Peace and Our Unity are Entrusted to All of Us
“A few days after Bashar al-Assad fled, attempts began to blow up civil peace in several places in Syria. The warlords of the last war, in their different forms, contributed to these attempts. There are certainly external hands, atop of which are the Zionist, trying to push things towards bloodshed. So far, the first attempt at blowing up things has been contained, and the first factor in preventing it was Syrians’ awareness, which they acquired and paid the price for with a lot of suffering and bloodshed, and their desire to end the fighting. However, these attempts will recur…”
The above quote is from an article written in the last week of last year after limited chaotic events that occurred at the time, and was published in Kassioun at the beginning of this month. Unfortunately, the events of the past week, and the last three days in particular, have proven the validity of this prediction, and in particular that the attempts of blowing up things will recur, and will be more complex and malicious, and would learn from the attempts that preceded them.
Today, too, it can be said - after the second attempt to ignite chaos has been contained, albeit incompletely - that other, more complex and dangerous attempts are being prepared for, and Syrian patriots must prepare for them by arming themselves with wisdom, caution, and sound reason, in defense of their country, its unity and civil peace.
Pursuing warlords and remnants of the big corruption is a duty and a necessity, and containing and preventing violations and limiting the chaos of weapons is also a necessity. It is also necessary to neutralize the logic of revenge, retaliation, and sectarianism and replace it with the logic of justice. However, all of these things, despite their importance, remain partial and circumstantial solutions incapable of defusing the fuses of sedition and sabotage that are being ignited by third sides, including external forces in many cases, headed by the Zionists who openly say that they want Syria to disintegrate on sectarian and nationalist grounds.
Deep treatment is political, socioeconomic, and democratic, and is by no means a unilateral security treatment in nature.
Tangibly, treatment requires working on three fronts in parallel:
First: The previous division within Syrian society between “loyalist” and “opposition” ended with the fall of the regime, and currently alignments should not be based thereon, because it can redivide the poor and plundered Syrian people, and put them in confrontation with each other. Those whose hands are stained with Syrians’ blood, and with great corruption, must certainly be isolated and held accountable. As for the rest, they are all Syrians who must participate in building their country. This requires frankness, reconciliation, and forgiveness based on the culture, heritage, and traditions of our people.
Second: The comprehensive national dialogue process must be accelerated, and a comprehensive national conference must be held quickly, including the broadest representation of political and social forces in Syria. It must be well prepared for through a broadly representative preparatory committee, consisting of figures who have weight and respect within Syrian society, in a way that allows for a smooth entry into a transitional phase that benefits from the spirit of UNSC Resolution 2254, during which a new consensual social contract is formulated, and ends with comprehensive elections at all levels.
Third: The deepening of economic and social problems, including rapid and large-scale layoffs, will deepen the gaps through which those who want evil for the country and its people can infiltrate.
Therefore, the various economic and administrative measures must be carried out in a thoughtful and far-sighted manner, without relying on any illusions related to lifting Western sanctions or Western facilitations that will not come without harsh conditions, under which the continuation of sanctions is less harsh than lifting them.
The hopes of Syrians to turn a dark page in their history and open a new page are entrusted to all Syrian patriots, and to their various political forces, whether those in the current authority or outside it. This trust should not be betrayed in any way. The path to being up to the task, despite its difficulty, is clear: dialogue, participation, understanding, consensus, and cooperation among Syrians, all Syrians!
