Muhammad Musa: we want a unified, decentralized Syria

After more than 50 years of suffering, exclusion, and marginalization inflicted on the various components of the Syrian people due to the imposition of a centralized system by the Ba'ath Party, Syrians hoped for the best from the fall of this regime. However, that hope was quickly dashed, as the transitional government in Damascus is now attempting to impose the same system and repeat the same exclusion and marginalization.

Commenting on this, the Secretary-General of the Kurdish Left Party in Syria, Muhammad Musa, pointed out that the Syrian people have paid the price for more than 55 years of a centralized system imposed by both Assads, father and son, in every respect, whether economic, political, social, or at the level of public freedoms and the ethnicities suppressed within this system.

Musas emphasized that the centralized system in Syria and the region in general has proven its failure in practice and has failed to fulfill the aspirations of the people and ethnicities. He said, "These systems were not established by the will of the peoples of the region, but rather by international consensus."

Musas believed that if the transitional government in Damascus wanted to govern Syria with one color, one language, and one culture, it would be unable to meet the aspirations of all these components, especially the Kurds, who constitute one of the two largest ethnic groups in Syria, a country characterized by its cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity.

Musas said, "As the Kurdish Left Party in Syria, we say that the central state is no longer capable of governing Syria in all its diversity. Rather, there must be a decentralized, federal political system."

He added, "We openly state that the current government led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham will not become democratic and will not accept pluralism. Rather, it will be founded on an extremist sectarian basis."

He pointed out that "the people overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad and expelled Iran from Syria, which was founded on a Shiite-Alawite sectarian background. This was replaced by an extremist Sunni regime. Therefore, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham is not the best option and will not be able to solve the issues and problems in Syria."

Moussa emphasized that the new rulers extend from Kabul to Damascus, passing through Ankara. He said, "This is a Sunni Islamic sectarian project supported by Turkey, through which it seeks to break the will of the Kurds and all components of Syria by imposing its will on the people who have paid the price of injustice and tyranny."

He added, "We are people of will and are organized politically and militarily. We will defend the will of the components present in Syria, including Kurds, Arabs, Syriacs, and Assyrians. We will work toward building a democratic, decentralized, pluralistic, federal Syria."

At the end of his remarks, the Secretary-General of the Kurdish Left Party in Syria, Muhammad Musa, emphasized that they support a unified, decentralized Syria.

ANHA