On Friday, March 14, the People’s Will Party issued a statement clarifying its position on the Constitutional Declaration. The essence of this position is that the Declaration “was disappointing and below what is needed to be a viable basis for a smooth transition that protects the unity of the country and its people and closes the door to all forms of foreign interference”.
Yesterday, Thursday, March 13, 2025, the President of the [Syrian] Republic for the Transitional Period, Ahmad al-Shara'a, signed the 53-article "Constitutional Declaration," which was produced by a committee appointed by Mr. al-Shara'a, in the same manner as the Interim Government and the Preparatory Committee for the National Dialogue Conference were appointed. This was done without achieving broad and genuine representation at the general political and social levels in Syria.
A calm analysis of events is always the fundamental starting point to dealing with them in a patriotic and responsible manner and under all circumstances. It becomes more necessary and urgent when blood is shed, hearts are troubled, and there is a lot of mobilization and incitement.
The “National Dialogue Conference” held last Tuesday, February 25, 2025, concluded with a final statement that included 18 items, which addressed some of the most fundamental issues that occupy the Syrian street. With the issuance of the statement and the end of the meeting, which was limited to two days, one day for introductions and one day for working, it is possible to provide an overall assessment of the experience. Perhaps might be useful to organize the evaluation by listing the basic pros and cons, then go to the conclusions.
The issue of the extremely difficult living conditions of more than 90% of Syrians is at the top of the list of national priorities. This is not only from a humanitarian and moral perspective, both of which are sufficient in themselves, but also from a patriotic perspective, civil peace preservation perspective, and the need to prevent harmful foreign interventions and ambitions of division and sabotage that are trying to enter through every possible loophole, and behind which stand multiple sides, mainly the warlords, the major corruption figures, and the “Israeli” enemy, which does not hide – with its usual impudence – its blatant intentions to work on dividing Syria.
Last Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the Syrian presidency announced the formation of the Preparatory Committee for the “National Dialogue Conference” that included 7 members.
Topics such as civil peace, arms control, transitional justice, preparations for the national conference, the transitional government, political pluralism, democracy, the required constitution, and foreign relations of the new Syria occupy an important space in public debate among politicians, intellectuals, and the media. They are all, without a doubt, important topics for Syria’s present and future, and preoccupy all Syrians. However, they do not constitute, at this moment, the greatest obsession and concern for the overwhelming majority of Syrians.
On Wednesday and Thursday, January 29 and 30, 2025, Syrians witnessed two consecutive scenes that together form a single picture, the overall outcome of which could be positive and could promise good if implemented and invested correctly.
“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 date of the national dialogue conference was announced to be postponed twice. Although this may seem negative for some, since Syrians have a great desire to launch a new phase in Syria, the title of which is Syrian people's unity and their effective involvement in rebuilding their country, nevertheless this postponement process can also carry positive signals about the conviction that the conference needs good preparation, and a wide participation and consensus among the various Syrian spectra and forces.
