Qamishlo's Consultative Forum: Decentralization is guarantee of territorial integrity of Syria

This came during the work of the second day of the Qamishlo Consultative Forum, which was organized by the Preparatory Committee for the Conference of Democratic Forces and Personalities in the Zana Hall in Qamishlo.

The second day began with the presentation of the decentralization paper by the member of the Coordination Committee, the Movement for Democratic Change, Khalaf Daoud.

Daoud drew attention at the beginning of the paper to the history of decentralization in Syria, by saying: "Despite all the intellectual, political, social and economic transformations and developments that shaped the concepts of decentralization in the modern era, Syria is a country that has a different pioneering experience, the first decentralization constitution in the Middle East was the Constitution of Syria in 1920, and therefore decentralization is not a heresy or an emergency situation in Syria. Rather, it has always been, since the establishment of the Syrian Kingdom until the present moment.

"The authoritarian decentralization ruling in Syria is the cause of the structural crisis, and it has brought the country to a deplorable state in all fields.

He continued: "Decentralization is an administrative need to address the widespread exclusion, marginalization and deprivation that many regions suffered during the rule of the central regime in Syria.

Khalaf Daoud referred to the basic principles of decentralization in Syria, saying: "The need to implement decentralization in the three executive, judicial and legislative authorities and to take the principle of separation of powers as a basis, and accordingly it is necessary that every decentralized geographical region has its three executive, legislative and judicial powers, and it has the right to form the three authorities. at lower levels (the provinces)." He stressed, "Syria needs a social contract at the local and national levels."

At the conclusion of the paper, the interlocutors focused during their discussions on the fact that “the central system has brought Syria to a real crisis, and that the decentralization experience is a pioneering one ,” while praising the Autonomous Administration system in NE Syria and stressing the need to implement it in all Syrian regions.

The interlocutors also pointed out that "it is difficult to implement decentralization as the Turkish occupation remains on the Syrian lands," stressing the need to liberate all occupied areas.

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ANHA